# Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR / VNPK)

**Pokhara Domestic Airport** (IATA: PKR, ICAO: VNPK) is a medium airport in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal. It opened on 4 Jul 1958. It has one runway, 1,439 m (4,720 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 721 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PKR / VNPK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal
- Opened: 4 Jul 1958
- Elevation: 827 m / 2,712 ft
- Coordinates: 28.2006, 83.9812
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,439 m / 4,720 ft
- Passengers: 720,714 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara_Airport_(domestic) (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432399
- Weather station: VNPK · WMO 44434
- Ident: VNPK

## Timeline

- 4 Jul 1958: Pokhara Domestic Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,439 m / 4,720 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 198,265 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 211,751 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 225,532 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 301,475 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 360,610 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 370,493 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 368,880 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 274,550 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 328,031 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 446,024 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 609,975 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 720,714 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [JMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjs.md) Jomsom Airport · Nepal · 69 km / 43 mi · Sita Air, Tara Air

### Charter (1)

- [JMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjs.md) Jomsom Airport · Nepal · 69 km / 43 mi · Summit Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- SH [Simrik Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/simrik-airlines)

### Passenger (3)

- ST [Sita Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sita-air) · 1
- [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-air) · 1 · charter
- [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 | 721K (2019) | #948 of 3,974 | #300 in Asia | #2 in NP |
| Longest runway | 1,439 m / 4,720 ft | #7,579 of 29,858 | #1,416 in Asia | #7 in NP |
| Elevation | 827 m / 2,712 ft | #6,253 of 43,403 | #549 in Asia | #27 in NP |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =241 in Asia | =2 in NP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in NP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [PHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0003.md) Pokhara International Airport · 3.8 km / 2.3 mi
- [BWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbw.md) Gautam Buddha International Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · 146 km / 91 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 Airport (domestic)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pokhara_Airport_(domestic)&oldid=1376779279), revision of 26 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/vnpk/data