{{short description|Nepalese airport}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox airport | name = Tumlingtar Airport | nativename = तुम्लिङ्ग्टार विमानस्थल | image = | image2 = | IATA = TMI | ICAO = VNTR | pushpin_map = Nepal | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Nepal | pushpin_label = Tumlingtar Airport | pushpin_label_position = left | type = Public | owner = Government of Nepal | operator = Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal | city-served = Tumlingtar, Sankhuwasabha District, Nepal |focus_city = | location = | elevation-f = 1,700 | elevation-m = 518 | coordinates = {{coord|27|18|54|N|087|11|36|E|region:NP_type:airport}} | website = | metric-rwy = y | r1-number = 16/34 | r1-length-m = 1,219 | r1-length-f = 4,000 | r1-surface = Asphalt | footnotes = Source:<ref name="GCM">{{GCM|VNTR|Tumling Tar, Nepal (VNTR / TMI)}}</ref><ref name="CAAN">{{cite web |title=Tumlingtar Airport |url=https://caanepal.gov.np/storage/app/media/TUMLINGTAR%20AIRPORT-New.pdf |publisher=Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref> }}
thumb | right | alt=Tumlingtar airport | Tumlingtar airport '''Tumlingtar Airport''' {{airport codes|TMI|VNTR}} is a domestic airport located in Tumlingtar<ref name="GCM" /> serving Sankhuwasabha District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. It is the main tourist gateway to Makalu Barun National Park.<ref name="CAAN"/>
==History== This airport was first conceptualized to provide air transport facilities to inaccessible areas of Mechi, Koshi and Sagarmatha zones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government of Nepal - Fourth Plan |url=https://npc.gov.np/images/category/fourth_eng.pdf |website=National Planning Commission |access-date=14 January 2023 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114012039/https://npc.gov.np/images/category/fourth_eng.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1965, the land for Tumlingtar airport was acquired from the Kumals living in the Valley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kattel |first=S. P. |date=2023-01-13 |title=Sustainability or Sustainable Development: An Anthropological Perspective |url=https://aspace.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/229105/OPSA_09_11.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y |access-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113232212/https://aspace.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/229105/OPSA_09_11.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y |archive-date=13 January 2023 }}</ref> Airport was initially built with a runway length of 3300 ft designed for DC-3s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Āyoga |first=Nepal Rāshṭriya Yojanā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YmQsAAAAMAAJ&q=tumlingtar |title=Fourth-plan (1970-1975). |date=1972 |publisher=His Majesty's Government, National Planning Commission |language=en}}</ref> A budget of NPR 2,60,000 was allocated for the fiscal year of 1971-72 for the purpose of construction of the fair weather airport.<ref name=":0" /> The airport started operations on 01 October, 1972.<ref name="CAAN"/>
==Facilities== The airport is situated at an elevation of {{convert|1700|ft|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway which is {{convert|4000|ft|m}} in length.<ref name="GCM" />
==Airlines and destinations== <!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport or the airline itself are not independent sources. --> {{airport-dest-list |Buddha Air | Biratnagar, Kathmandu<ref>{{cite web|title=Schedule to Tumlingtar|url=https://www.buddhaair.com/flight-routes/flights-from-kathmandu-to-tumlingtar|accessdate=13 January 2023}}</ref> |Guna Airlines | Kathmandu<ref>{{cite web |title=Guna Airlines to launch its inaugural flight to Tumlingtar on Wednesday |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/guna-airlines-to-launch-its-inaugural-flight-to-tumlingtar-on-wednesday/ |publisher=República |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> |Sita Air | Kathmandu<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sitaair.com.np/destinations.php | title = Destinations | publisher = Sita Air | access-date = 6 June 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100816064925/http://www.sitaair.com.np/destinations.php | archive-date = 16 August 2010 }}</ref> |Summit Air | Kathmandu<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Schedule|url=https://summitair.com.np/flights|publisher=Summit Air|access-date=15 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708102558/http://summitair.com.np/flights|archive-date=8 July 2017}}</ref> |Tara Air | Kathmandu<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Schedule|url=http://www.taraair.com/page/flight-schedule|publisher=Tara Air|accessdate=15 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012230/http://www.taraair.com/page/flight-schedule|url-status=dead}}</ref> |Yeti Airlines |Kathmandu<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Flight Schedule|url=https://www.yetiairlines.com/article/scheduled-flights|publisher=Yeti Airlines|accessdate=15 October 2017|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426080103/https://www.yetiairlines.com/article/scheduled-flights|url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
== Incidents and accidents ==
# Cosmic Air DO-228 with Registration Number 9N AFS on 19 Nov 2000. There were no fatalities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=Accident Record of Nepalese Registered Aeroplanes |url=https://caanepal.gov.np/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Aeroplane-accident.pdf |access-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725075952/https://caanepal.gov.np/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Aeroplane-accident.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}</ref> # Yeti Airlines DHC - 6/300 with Registration Number 9N AEV on 05 April 2001. There were no fatalities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=Accident Record of Nepalese Registered Aeroplanes |url=https://caanepal.gov.np/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Aeroplane-accident.pdf |access-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725075952/https://caanepal.gov.np/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Aeroplane-accident.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}</ref>
==References== <references />
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606195256/http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=TMI Accident history for TMI / VNTR] at Aviation Safety Network {{Airports in Nepal}}
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