# Pokhara International Airport (PHH / VNPR)

**Pokhara International Airport** (IATA: PHH, ICAO: VNPR) is a large airport in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal. It opened on 1 Jan 2023. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0003

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PHH / VNPR
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
- Serves: Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal
- Opened: 1 Jan 2023
- Elevation: 791 m / 2,595 ft
- Coordinates: 28.1838, 84.0147
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Website: http://pokharaairport.com.np/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55630162
- Weather station: VNPK · WMO 44434
- Ident: NP-0003

## Timeline

- 1 Jan 2023: Pokhara International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Routes

12 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (12)

- [BHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbp.md) Bharatpur Airport · Nepal · 69 km / 43 mi · Buddha Air
- [BWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbw.md) Gautam Buddha International Airport · Nepal · 96 km / 60 mi · Buddha Air
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 143 km / 89 mi · Yeti Airlines, Sita Air, Saurya Airlines, Buddha Air
- [SIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsi.md) Simara Airport · Nepal · 148 km / 92 mi · Buddha Air
- [KEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnng.md) Nepalgunj Airport · Nepal · 230 km / 143 mi · Buddha Air
- [JKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjp.md) Janakpur Airport · Nepal · 250 km / 155 mi · Buddha Air
- [BIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnvt.md) Biratnagar Airport · Nepal · 373 km / 232 mi · Buddha Air
- [BDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vncg.md) Bhadrapur Airport · Nepal · 440 km / 273 mi · Buddha Air
- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · Bhutan · 539 km / 335 mi · Bhutan Airlines
- [LXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuls.md) Lhasa Gonggar International Airport · China · 684 km / 425 mi · Himalaya Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 1,993 km / 1,238 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,857 km / 1,775 mi · flydubai

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (8)

- U4 [Buddha Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buddha-air) · 8
- B3 [Bhutan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bhutan-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- H9 [Himalaya Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/himalaya-airlines) · 1
- S1 [Saurya Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saurya-airlines) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1
- ST [Sita Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sita-air) · 1
- YT [Yeti Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yeti-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | #3 in NP |
| Elevation | 791 m / 2,595 ft | =6,628 of 43,403 | #566 in Asia | #28 in NP |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | =827 in Asia | #14 in NP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in NP |

## Nearby airports

- [PKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnpk.md) Pokhara Domestic Airport · 3.8 km / 2.3 mi
- [BWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbw.md) Gautam Buddha International Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “Pokhara International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pokhara_International_Airport&oldid=1376965124), revision of 27 Sep 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-0003/data