# Janakpur Airport (JKR / VNJP)

**Janakpur Airport** (IATA: JKR, ICAO: VNJP) is a medium airport in Janakpur, Madhesh Province, Nepal. It has one runway, 1,006 m (3,300 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 137 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JKR / VNJP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Janakpur, Madhesh Province, Nepal
- Elevation: 78 m / 256 ft
- Coordinates: 26.7088, 85.9224
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,006 m / 3,300 ft
- Passengers: 136,678 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janakpur_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901010
- Ident: VNJP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,006 m / 3,300 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 50,909 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 46,363 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 14,819 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 27,490 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 66,505 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 62,113 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 60,384 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 44,655 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 53,283 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 64,703 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 79,296 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 136,678 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 123 km / 76 mi · Yeti Airlines, Buddha Air
- [PHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0003.md) Pokhara International Airport · Nepal · 250 km / 155 mi · Buddha Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- U4 [Buddha Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buddha-air) · 2
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 137K (2019) | #1,701 of 3,974 | #557 in Asia | #10 in NP |
| Longest runway | 1,006 m / 3,300 ft | =13,435 of 29,858 | =1,690 in Asia | #14 in NP |
| Elevation | 78 m / 256 ft | =32,427 of 43,403 | =1,846 in Asia | #47 in NP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in NP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [DBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedh.md) Darbhanga Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [MZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemz.md) Muzaffarpur Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · 123 km / 77 mi
- [LUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnlk.md) Tenzing-Hillary Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [BIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnvt.md) Biratnagar Airport · 136 km / 84 mi
- [PAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vept.md) Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Janakpur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janakpur_Airport&oldid=1371399957), revision of 26 Aug 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/vnjp/data