BIR

Biratnagar Airport

ICAO VNVT26.4815°N 87.2640°E72 m / 236 ftMedium airport
On the map

Biratnagar Airport (IATA: BIR, ICAO: VNVT) is a medium airport in Biratnagar, Koshi Province, Nepal. It opened in 1958. It has one runway, 1,505 m (4,937 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 596 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1958–1958
1958
OpenedBiratnagar Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27092° / 272° · LIT
LENGTH1,505 m4,937 ftWIDTH31 m100 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2006–2019
203K
208K
251K
409K
365K
372K
311K
340K
377K
455K
538K
596K
060708091011141516171819

Routes

4 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsBuddha Air 3Saurya Airlines 2Yeti Airlines 1Shree Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BIR. From the Wikipedia article “Biratnagar Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers596K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,038of 3,974 · #328 Asia · #3 NPLongest runway1,505 m4,937 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,953of 29,823 · #1,366 Asia · #5 NPElevation72 m236 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,971of 43,341 · =1,894 Asia · #49 NPAgeOpened 19582026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,324of 15,079 · =242 Asia · =2 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

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR123.800