Simara Airport guide

Simara Airport is a domestic airport at Jitpur Simara in Bara District, Madhesh Province, in southern Nepal. It serves the industrial city of Birgunj, close to the Indian border, and the surrounding central Terai. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal operates the airport and the Government of Nepal owns it. It opened on 4 July 1958, although some evidence suggests an airstrip existed here in some form as early as 1946.

All scheduled flights are domestic. Buddha Air flies from Simara to Kathmandu and Pokhara, and Nepal Airlines and Yeti Airlines are also listed on the Kathmandu route. Kathmandu lies about 115 km away by air, which makes the short flight a common alternative to the long road journey from the capital.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 01/19, about 1,192 m long, and sits at roughly 137 m above sea level. Two fatal accidents have occurred on the airfield or just after departure from it: a Kalinga Airlines Dakota in 1955 and a Skyline Airways Twin Otter in 1999.