PPL

Phaplu Airport

ICAO VNPL27.5178°N 86.5850°E2,413 m / 7,918 ftSmall airport
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Phaplu Airport (IATA: PPL, ICAO: VNPL) is a small airport in Phaplu, Koshi Province, Nepal. It opened in Oct 1976. It has one runway, 671 m (2,201 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 10 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1976–1976
OCT 1976
OpenedPhaplu Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 1 helipad
Phaplu Terminal
02/20
LENGTH671 m2,201 ftWIDTH—SURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2019
1K
37K
12K
11K
11K
10K
141516171819

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsTara Air 2Summit Air 1Nepal Airlines 1Sita Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PPL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Phaplu Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,712of 3,974 · #810 Asia · #19 NPLongest runway671 m2,201 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=22,904of 29,823 · #1,882 Asia · #19 NPElevation2,413 m7,918 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#268of 43,341 · #67 Asia · #11 NPAgeOpened 19762026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,364of 15,079 · =373 Asia · =8 NPRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =1 NP
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record