Jomsom Airport
| Jomsom Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VNJS |
| IATA code | JMO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 2736 m (8976 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 1 km west of Jomsom |
| Basic data | |
| opening | March 1976 |
| operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 739 m × 20 m asphalt concrete |
The Jomsom Airport ( IATA : JMO , ICAO : VNJS ) is an airport in Jomsom , Nepal . The place is difficult to reach via a gravel road.
location
Due to its location and the relatively short runway, the airport is one of the most dangerous in the world. The airport is surrounded by more than 8,000 m high mountains and is itself at an altitude of 2,736 m. The route between Jomsom and Pokhara runs through a deep gorge between Annapurna (8,091 m) and Dhaulagiri ( 8,167 m) .
Air accidents
- On May 14, 2012, 15 people died in a crash of a twin-engine Dornier Do 228 aircraft operated by Agni Air. The aircraft took off from Jomsom Airport for a flight to Pokhara with 21 people and returned to the airport due to technical problems. On approach, the plane crashed into one of the surrounding mountains. → Main article: Agni-Air-Flug AG-CHT
- On February 24, 2016, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed on a mountain on Tara Air Flight 193 from Pokhara to Jomsom near Dana , killing all 23 occupants. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
Airlines
- Cosmic Air (Pokhara)
- Nepal Airlines (Kathmandu)
- Agni Air (Kathmandu) (Pokhara)
- Sita Air (Kathmandu) (Pokhara)
- Gorkha Airlines (Kathmandu via Pokhara)
- Yeti Airlines (Kathmandu)
Web links
Commons : Jomsom Airport - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Jomsom Airport aeronautical chart on SkyVector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ AD 2 AFIS.STOL AERODROMES. (PDF) In: AIP Nepal. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, April 30, 2016, p. AFIS AD 2-2 , archived from the original April 18, 2016 ; accessed on April 18, 2016 (English).
- ↑ a b c d Airplane crashes on approach to Jomsom. Nepal. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH, May 14, 2012, accessed on May 14, 2012 .
- ↑ a b 15 people die in plane crash in Nepal. In: suedostschweiz.ch. Südostschweiz Medien, May 14, 2012, accessed on May 16, 2012 .
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report on the Agni Air crash in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ Aircraft Accident data and report on Tara Air flight 193 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)