Surkhet Airport guide

Surkhet Airport, also known as Birendranagar Airport (ICAO: VNSK), is a domestic airfield on the east side of Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali Province. It sits at about 732 m (2,402 ft) above sea level in the Surkhet Valley and serves Surkhet District and the hill districts further north.

The airport was established in October 1966. Its single asphalt runway, 02/20, is 1,255 m long, and plans exist to extend it by about 300 m. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal operates the field on behalf of the Government of Nepal. Makalu Air and Summit Air use it as a base.

Surkhet once acted as a cargo and passenger hub for remote western Nepal, with flights to districts such as Humla and Dolpa. Traffic fell as roads spread across Karnali. Buddha Air began scheduled ATR-72 flights to Kathmandu in 2018 and started daily service on 22 December 2022. Summit Air and Nepal Airlines link the airport with Simikot, Jumla, Bajura and Rara.