# Surkhet Airport (SKH / VNSK)

**Surkhet Airport** (IATA: SKH, ICAO: VNSK) is a small airport in Surkhet, Karnali Province, Nepal. It has one runway, 1,036 m (3,400 ft) long. In 2019 it handled 20 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKH / VNSK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Surkhet, Karnali Province, Nepal
- Elevation: 732 m / 2,400 ft
- Coordinates: 28.5860, 81.6360
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,036 m / 3,400 ft
- Passengers: 19,941 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surkhet_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756900
- Weather station: VNSK · WMO 44416
- Ident: VNSK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,036 m / 3,400 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 14,634 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 21,582 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 22,278 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 19,367 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 15,907 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 3,700 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 16,928 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 15,234 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 9,803 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,563 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 15,547 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 19,941 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [JUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjl.md) Jumla Airport · Nepal · 94 km / 58 mi · Summit Air
- [BJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbr.md) Bajura Airport · Nepal · 102 km / 63 mi · Summit Air
- [NP-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0002.md) Talcha Rara Mugu Airport · Nepal · 115 km / 71 mi · Summit Air
- [IMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnst.md) Simikot Airport · Nepal · 155 km / 96 mi · Summit Air, Nepal Airlines
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 378 km / 235 mi · Buddha Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-air) · 4

### Passenger (2)

- U4 [Buddha Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buddha-air) · 1
- RA [Nepal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nepal-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 20K (2019) | #2,442 of 3,974 | #748 in Asia | #16 in NP |
| Longest runway | 1,036 m / 3,400 ft | =13,111 of 29,858 | =1,677 in Asia | #13 in NP |
| Elevation | 732 m / 2,400 ft | =7,271 of 43,403 | #602 in Asia | #30 in NP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in NP |

## Nearby airports

- [TPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vntp.md) Tikapur Airport · 51 km / 31 mi
- [KEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnng.md) Nepalgunj Airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [RUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnrk.md) Rukum Chaurjahari Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [NP-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0001.md) Kamal Bazar Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [VNSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsl.md) Rukum Salle Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [FEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnsr.md) Sanfebagar Airport · 83 km / 52 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: “Surkhet Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surkhet_Airport&oldid=1363081176), 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/vnsk/data