Ramechhap Airport (IATA: RHP, ICAO: VNRC) is a domestic airport serving the municipality of Manthali,[1] the district headquarters of Ramechhap District located in the Tamakoshi River valley in Bagmati Province in Nepal. As of October 2022, most flights to Lukla Airport are operated from Ramechhap Airport. Airport type
Public
Owner
Government of Nepal
Operator
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Serves
Manthali and Ramechhap, Nepal
Elevation AMSL
1,555 ft / 474 m
Coordinates
27°23′38″N 86°03′41″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 530 1,739 Concrete
The airport was opened in October 1979.[2] In 2015, the runway was renovated and upgraded from a grass/clay surface to concrete.[3]
In 2019, as the sole runway of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu was being renovated and the airport was closed over night, all flights to Lukla were operated from Ramechhap Airport, the closest airport to Kathmandu, as these flights need to take off early in the morning to not get caught in dangerous winds in Lukla.[4][5][6] During peak, the airport served 24 flights per day,[7] However, the airport had serious problems handling the mass of tourists traveling to Lukla.[8] Following this, plans were developed to upgrade the airport.[9] By 2020[when?], flights to Lukla were operated from Kathmandu again,[citation needed] and with Tara Air's discontinuation of the flight to Kathmandu, the airport was left without scheduled operations.[10]
In 2022, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal decided that flight to Lukla were to be operated from Ramechhap Airport instead of Kathmandu again.[11] Despite this being the second instance, critics argued that the airport and its surrounding infrastructure was still not sufficiently developed.[12]
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