Jumla Airport guide

Jumla Airport (ICAO VNJL) is a short take-off and landing airfield in Jumla District, Karnali Province, in the mountains of north-west Nepal. It sits at about 2,300 m (7,700 ft), roughly 500 m east of Jumla Bazaar, and is the district's main link to the outside world.

The airport is owned by the Government of Nepal and run by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Its single asphalt runway, 09/27, measures about 670 m by 25 m. The short strip and mountain weather limit flying to daytime and good visibility.

Nepal Airlines, Sita Air, Summit Air and Tara Air fly from Jumla, mostly to Nepalgunj. Summit Air also flies to Birendranagar (Surkhet). Travellers use the airport to reach Rara Lake and the treks of the Karnali region. A road from Surkhet has also reached Jumla since 2007.