# Phaplu Airport (PPL / VNPL)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PPL / VNPL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Phaplu, Koshi Province, Nepal
- Opened: Oct 1976
- Elevation: 2,413 m / 7,918 ft
- Coordinates: 27.5178, 86.5850
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 671 m / 2,201 ft
- Passengers: 9,582 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaplu_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2759601
- Ident: VNPL

## Timeline

- Oct 1976: Phaplu Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 671 m / 2,201 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,483 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 36,928 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 11,811 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 11,007 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 10,603 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,582 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 122 km / 76 mi · Summit Air, Nepal Airlines, Tara Air

### Charter (2)

- [LUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnlk.md) Tenzing-Hillary Airport · Nepal · 24 km / 15 mi · Tara Air
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 122 km / 76 mi · Sita Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- [Tara Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tara-air) · 2
- RA [Nepal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nepal-airlines) · 1
- ST [Sita Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sita-air) · 1 · charter
- [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 10K (2019) | #2,712 of 3,974 | #808 in Asia | #19 in NP |
| Longest runway | 671 m / 2,201 ft | =22,923 of 29,858 | #1,876 in Asia | #19 in NP |
| Elevation | 2,413 m / 7,918 ft | #269 of 43,403 | #67 in Asia | #11 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

- [VNKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkl.md) Kangel Danda Airport · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [LUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnlk.md) Tenzing-Hillary Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [RUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnrt.md) Rumjatar Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [LDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnld.md) Lamidanda Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [SYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsb.md) Syangboche Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [JIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnji.md) Jiri Airport · 37 km / 23 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: “Phaplu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phaplu_Airport&oldid=1363071101), revision of 7 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/vnpl/data