Airports
Nepalgunj Airport (VNNG / KEP)
Nepalgunj Airport is a Nepali aerodrome in Nepalgunj (ICAO VNNG, IATA KEP). It sits at 540 ft (165 m) above sea level, at 28.1036°N 81.6670°E. No operator on this platform publishes a scheduled helicopter route through Nepalgunj, so flights here are quoted as private charters against the date and the party.
- ICAO code
- VNNG
- IATA code
- KEP
- District
- Nepalgunj
- Elevation
- 540 ft
- Elevation, metric
- 165 m
- Coordinates
- 28.1036°N 81.6670°E
Flying here
No scheduled route through Nepalgunj Airport
Nobody on this platform sells a packaged flight through here, which is not the same as it being unreachable.
A site with no published route is flown as a private charter, subject to the aircraft, the party and the landing permissions. Price a private leg or ask the flight desk what it would take.
Asked about Nepalgunj Airport
Nepalgunj Airport, in detail
Where is Nepalgunj Airport?
Nepalgunj Airport is in Nepalgunj, Nepal, at 28.1036° north and 81.6670° east. Its ICAO code is VNNG and its IATA code is KEP.
How high is Nepalgunj Airport?
Nepalgunj Airport stands at 540 ft, which is 165 m above sea level. That is the surveyed elevation of the landing surface itself rather than of the surrounding terrain, which is why it can differ from the height quoted for the town or the ridge above it.
Can a helicopter fly to Nepalgunj Airport?
Yes, as a private charter. No operator on this platform publishes a scheduled helicopter route through Nepalgunj Airport, which is not the same as it being unreachable — a helicopter needs a level site and a clear approach rather than a runway. The charter desk quotes it against the date, the party and the landing permissions.
What are the codes for Nepalgunj Airport?
Nepalgunj Airport is VNNG in ICAO's four-letter system, and KEP in IATA's three-letter system, which is the code that appears on an airline ticket.
Is Nepalgunj Airport an airport or an airstrip?
Formally an airport: it holds the ICAO code VNNG, which is only issued to a registered aerodrome. "Airstrip" is the informal word for the short, often unlit mountain runways that make up most of Nepal's network, and it is used about this one as often as "airport" is. Both describe the same place. What is not an airstrip is a helipad, and ten of the eighteen sites on this platform are helipads with no runway of any kind.
What is the closest airport to Mount Everest?
Syangboche Airport is the nearest registered airport to the summit, about 29 km away in a straight line, though the airport almost everyone means is Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport at about 39 km: it has the scheduled service, and it is where the Everest treks and most Everest helicopter itineraries begin. Nepalgunj Airport itself is about 516 km from the summit. Closer than any airport are the helicopter landing sites at Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar, neither of which has a runway.
Flying through Nepalgunj Airport?
Leave a number. A dispatcher rings back and plans the departure, the weather window and the landing around who is on board — the part of a Himalayan flight that gets decided on the phone rather than in a form.