# Biratnagar Airport (BIR / VNVT)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BIR / VNVT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Biratnagar, Koshi Province, Nepal
- Opened: 1958
- Elevation: 72 m / 236 ft
- Coordinates: 26.4815, 87.2640
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,505 m / 4,937 ft
- Passengers: 596,453 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:45 · Asia/Kathmandu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biratnagar_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598652
- Weather station: VNVT · WMO 44478
- Ident: VNVT

## Timeline

- 1958: Biratnagar Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,505 m / 4,937 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 092° / 272° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 202,631 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 207,657 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 251,436 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 408,576 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 364,949 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 372,045 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 311,368 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 340,202 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 377,077 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 455,284 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 537,780 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 596,453 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [TMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vntr.md) Tumling Tar Airport · Nepal · 93 km / 58 mi · Buddha Air
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 232 km / 144 mi · Yeti Airlines, Saurya Airlines, Buddha Air, Shree Airlines
- [PHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/np-0003.md) Pokhara International Airport · Nepal · 373 km / 232 mi · Buddha Air
- [BWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbw.md) Gautam Buddha International Airport · Nepal · 398 km / 247 mi · Saurya Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- U4 [Buddha Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buddha-air) · 3
- S1 [Saurya Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saurya-airlines) · 2
- N9 [Shree Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shree-airlines) · 1
- YT [Yeti Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yeti-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 596K (2019) | #1,038 of 3,974 | #327 in Asia | #3 in NP |
| Longest runway | 1,505 m / 4,937 ft | =6,955 of 29,858 | #1,361 in Asia | #5 in NP |
| Elevation | 72 m / 236 ft | =33,022 of 43,403 | =1,892 in Asia | #49 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

- [TPJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vntj.md) Taplejung Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [JKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnjp.md) Janakpur Airport · 136 km / 84 mi
- [DBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedh.md) Darbhanga Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [LUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnlk.md) Tenzing-Hillary Airport · 144 km / 90 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: “Biratnagar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biratnagar_Airport&oldid=1363184907), revision of 8 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/vnvt/data