Surkhet Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Surkhet Airport
nativename =


IATA = SKH
ICAO = VNSK
type = Public
owner =
operator = Government
city-served = Birendranagar, Nepal
location =
elevation-f = 236
elevation-m = 72
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 09/27
r1-length-f =
r1-length-m = 1,200
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|VNSK|source=DAFIF] GCM|SKH|source=DAFIF]

Surkhet Airport is an airport in Surkhet, Nepal airport codes|SKH|VNSK. This airport is one of the hub airports in Mid-Western Nepal. Surkhet Airport is 5 km from the city of Birendranagar.

Airlines

*Royal Nepal Airlines
*Yeti Airlines
*Shangri -La Air
*Flying Dragon Airlines

Airport contact

#0097783520202

Destinations

Kathmandu

Jumla

Tlacha (Mugu)

Kolti (Bahjang)

Tribhuvannagar Airport
Nepalgunj

Incidents and accidents

*5 July 1992 - RNA De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABB), lost directional control on takeoff from Jumla Airport on a flight to Surkhet. The aircraft ran off the runway and struck the airport perimeter fence. None of the three crew were injured and there were no passengers on board. [http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=5478 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved 18 November 2006]
*18 January 1999 - Necon Air Cessna 208 Caravan I (9N-ADA) climbed steeply to 450 feet (140 m) after takeoff from Jumla Airport, but stalled and crashed and caught fire. The fire could not be extinguished because fire fighting equipment was not available at the airport. Of 10 passengers and 2 crew, 4 passengers and 1 crew member were killed. The probable cause of the accident was the pilot's failure to put the aircraft in take off configuration. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990118-0 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved 18 November 2006]
*17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. Some 18 minutes after take-off and 10km north of Surkhet, at an altitude of about 6500 feet, the aircraft crashed into trees on the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather. All two crew and two passengers were killed. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020717-0 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved 18 November 2006] [ [http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2002/aug/aug02/national8.htm Spotlight] 8 August 2002]
*21 June 2006 - A Yeti Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (9N-AEQ), on a flight from Surkhet approaching Jumla Airport, the pilot apparently decided to go around. The aircraft crashed into a mountainside on the eastern side of the airport killing all three crew and six passengers. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20060621-0 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved on 18 November 2006]

References

* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Surkhet-SKH/city.html Birendranagar Destinations]