# Bajura Airport (BJU / VNBR)

**Bajura Airport** (IATA: BJU, ICAO: VNBR) is a small airport in Bajura, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal. It opened on 1 Oct 1984. In 2019 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbr

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BJU / VNBR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bajura, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
- Opened: 1 Oct 1984 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,311 m / 4,300 ft
- Coordinates: 29.5020, 81.6690
- Passengers: 8,112 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajura_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513344
- Ident: VNBR

## Timeline

- 1 Oct 1984: Bajura Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 5,735 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 9,717 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 8,632 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,606 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 11,807 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,112 | 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 · 102 km / 63 mi · Summit Air
- [KEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnng.md) Nepalgunj Airport · Nepal · 155 km / 96 mi · Sita Air, Summit Air, Tara Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BJU, 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 | 8K (2019) | #2,767 of 3,974 | #815 in Asia | #20 in NP |
| Elevation | 1,311 m / 4,300 ft | =2,967 of 43,403 | #344 in Asia | #20 in NP |
| Age | Opened 1984 | =8,717 of 15,079 | =417 in Asia | #11 in NP |

## Nearby airports

- [NP-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0002.md) Talcha Rara Mugu Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [BJH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbg.md) Bajhang Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [FEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsr.md) Sanfebagar Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [IMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnst.md) Simikot Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [JUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjl.md) Jumla Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [NP-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0001.md) Kamal Bazar Airport · 59 km / 37 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bajura Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bajura_Airport&oldid=1363015852), 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/vnbr/data