# Talcha Rara Mugu Airport, Karkibada, Nepal

**Talcha Rara Mugu Airport** is a small airport in Karkibada, Karnali Province, Nepal. It opened in 1975. In 2019 it handled 20 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0002

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Karkibada, Karnali Province, Nepal
- Opened: 1975
- Elevation: 2,734 m / 8,970 ft
- Coordinates: 29.5211, 82.1468
- Passengers: 19,950 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rara_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7679077
- Weather station: VNJL · WMO 44424
- Ident: NP-0002

## Timeline

- 1975: Talcha Rara Mugu Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 3,780 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 4,078 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 13,700 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 18,651 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 19,360 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 19,950 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SKH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsk.md) Surkhet Airport · Nepal · 115 km / 71 mi · Summit Air
- [KEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnng.md) Nepalgunj Airport · Nepal · 164 km / 102 mi · Sita Air, Summit Air, Tara Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NP-0002, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-air) · 2
- ST [Sita Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sita-air) · 1
- [Tara Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tara-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 20K (2019) | #2,441 of 3,974 | #747 in Asia | #15 in NP |
| Elevation | 2,734 m / 8,970 ft | #139 of 43,403 | #45 in Asia | #7 in NP |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =366 in Asia | #7 in NP |

## Nearby airports

- [JUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjl.md) Jumla Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [BJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbr.md) Bajura Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [IMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnst.md) Simikot Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [DOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vndp.md) Dolpa Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [BJH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbg.md) Bajhang Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [NP-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0001.md) Kamal Bazar Airport · 94 km / 58 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Rara Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rara_Airport&oldid=1363074245), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0002/data