# Jomsom Airport (JMO / VNJS)

**Jomsom Airport** (IATA: JMO, ICAO: VNJS) is a small airport in Jomsom, Gandaki Province, Nepal. It opened in Mar 1976. It has one runway, 739 m (2,424 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 56 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JMO / VNJS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Jomsom, Gandaki Province, Nepal
- Opened: Mar 1976
- Elevation: 2,736 m / 8,976 ft
- Coordinates: 28.7804, 83.7230
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 739 m / 2,424 ft
- Passengers: 55,651 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomsom_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431605
- Ident: VNJS

## Timeline

- Mar 1976: Jomsom Airport opens.
- 14 May 2012: Agni Air Flight CHT. 15 killed.
- 29 May 2022: Tara Air Flight 197. 22 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 739 m / 2,424 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 48,949 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 35,766 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 39,715 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 41,634 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 46,401 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 55,651 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [PKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnpk.md) Pokhara Domestic Airport · Nepal · 69 km / 43 mi · Sita Air, Summit Air, Tara Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- ST [Sita Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sita-air) · 1
- [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-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 | 56K (2019) | =2,047 of 3,974 | =643 in Asia | #13 in NP |
| Longest runway | 739 m / 2,424 ft | =21,369 of 29,858 | #1,841 in Asia | #17 in NP |
| Elevation | 2,736 m / 8,976 ft | #138 of 43,403 | #44 in Asia | #6 in NP |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =372 in Asia | =8 in NP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in NP |

## Nearby airports

- [NGX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnma.md) Manang Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [BGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbl.md) Baglung Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [PKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnpk.md) Pokhara Domestic Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [PHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0003.md) Pokhara International Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [VNDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vndr.md) Dhorpatan Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [DOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vndp.md) Dolpa Airport · 91 km / 57 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #37
- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #29

## 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: “Jomsom Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jomsom_Airport&oldid=1370814474), revision of 23 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/vnjs/data