Airports
Biratnagar Airport (VNVT / BIR)
Biratnagar Airport is a Nepali aerodrome in Biratnagar (ICAO VNVT, IATA BIR). It sits at 236 ft (72 m) above sea level, at 26.4815°N 87.2640°E. One published helicopter route runs through it — Pathibhara Temple Helicopter — quoted across every certified operator that flies it.
- ICAO code
- VNVT
- IATA code
- BIR
- District
- Biratnagar
- Elevation
- 236 ft
- Elevation, metric
- 72 m
- Coordinates
- 26.4815°N 87.2640°E
Flying here
Routes through Biratnagar Airport
Every one of these is quoted across the certified operators that fly it, for the date you give it.
How far and how long the flight is, for Pathibhara Temple Helicopter. What this height does to the air is on the altitude and oxygen page for Biratnagar Airport.
Asked about Biratnagar Airport
Biratnagar Airport, in detail
Where is Biratnagar Airport?
Biratnagar Airport is in Biratnagar, Nepal, at 26.4815° north and 87.2640° east. Its ICAO code is VNVT and its IATA code is BIR.
How high is Biratnagar Airport?
Biratnagar Airport stands at 236 ft, which is 72 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.
Which helicopter flights use Biratnagar Airport?
1 published route on this platform runs through Biratnagar Airport: Pathibhara Temple Helicopter. Each is quoted across every CAAN-certified operator that flies it, so the price shown is a comparison rather than one company's number.
What are the codes for Biratnagar Airport?
Biratnagar Airport is VNVT in ICAO's four-letter system, and BIR in IATA's three-letter system, which is the code that appears on an airline ticket.
Is Biratnagar Airport an airport or an airstrip?
Formally an airport: it holds the ICAO code VNVT, 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. Biratnagar Airport itself is about 171 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 Biratnagar 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.