Lamidanda Airport

Lamidanda Airport
IATA: LDN – ICAO: VNLD
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Lamidanda, Nepal
Elevation AMSL 4,100 ft / 1,250 m
Coordinates 27°15′11″N 086°40′12″E / 27.25306°N 86.67000°E / 27.25306; 86.67000
Map
LDN

Location of airport in Nepal

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
518 1,699
Source:[1]

Lamidanda Airport (IATA: LDN, ICAO: VNLD) is an airport serving Lamidanda,[1] a village in the Khotang District of Province No. 1 in Nepal.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 4,100 feet (1,250 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 518 metres (1,699 ft) in length.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Nepal Airlines Biratnagar, Kathmandu [2]
Tara Air Kathmandu [3]

Accidents and incidents

On 15 December 2010, a Tara Air flight operated by DHC-6 Twin Otter 9N-AFX crashed into a mountain shortly after departure. The aircraft was operating a chartered passenger flight to Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. All 19 passengers and crew were killed.[4]

See also

List of airports in Nepal

References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information for Lamidanda, Nepal (VNLD / LDN) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ "Schedule Effective from 15 May, 2010 to 30 October, 2010". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.taraair.com/
  4. ↑ Hradecky, Simon (15 December 2010). "Crash: Tara Air DHC6 near Okhaldhunga on Dec 15th 2010, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

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