# Jumla Airport (JUM / VNJL)

**Jumla Airport** (IATA: JUM, ICAO: VNJL) is a small airport in Jumla, Karnali Province, Nepal. It has one runway, 660 m (2,165 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 17 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JUM / VNJL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Jumla, Karnali Province, Nepal
- Elevation: 2,347 m / 7,700 ft
- Coordinates: 29.2742, 82.1933
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 660 m / 2,165 ft
- Passengers: 16,947 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumla_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6310989
- Weather station: VNJL · WMO 44424
- Ident: VNJL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 660 m / 2,165 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | 20,193 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 10,035 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 22,420 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 28,744 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 32,040 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 40,268 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 33,360 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 27,651 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 16,947 | 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 · 94 km / 58 mi · Summit Air
- [KEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnng.md) Nepalgunj Airport · Nepal · 140 km / 87 mi · Sita Air, Summit Air, Nepal Airlines, Tara Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-air) · 2
- RA [Nepal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nepal-airlines) · 1
- 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 | 17K (2019) | #2,508 of 3,974 | #767 in Asia | #18 in NP |
| Longest runway | 660 m / 2,165 ft | =23,401 of 29,858 | =1,882 in Asia | #20 in NP |
| Elevation | 2,347 m / 7,700 ft | =316 of 43,403 | #74 in Asia | #12 in NP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in NP |

## Nearby airports

- [NP-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0002.md) Talcha Rara Mugu Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [BJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbr.md) Bajura Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [DOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vndp.md) Dolpa Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [RUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnrk.md) Rukum Chaurjahari Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [VNSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsl.md) Rukum Salle Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [IMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnst.md) Simikot Airport · 86 km / 53 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #57
- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #16

## 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: “Jumla Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jumla_Airport&oldid=1363124338), revision of 8 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/vnjl/data