Baglung Airport बाग्लुङ विमानस्थल | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Baglung, Nepal | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,320 ft / 1,012 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°12′46″N 83°39′59″E / 28.21278°N 83.66639°E | ||||||||||
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Baglung Airport ( IATA: BGL, ICAO: VNBL), also known as Balewa Airport, is a domestic airport serving Baglung, a municipality located in the western region of Gandaki Province of Nepal. [3]
Baglung Airport was originally opened in 1973 but ceased to operate after road access to Pokhara was established in 1992. [4] On 14 January 2018, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, airline companies and the Baglung municipality signed an agreement to reopen the airport. [5] On 14 March 2018, Tara Air conducted its test flight to the airport, officially reopening it 26 years after its closure. [6]
The airport resides at an elevation of 3,320 feet (1,012 m) above mean sea level. It has one grass/clay runway which is 608 metres (1,995 ft) in length. [1]
Since the early 2020s,[ when?] there are no scheduled services to and from Baglung Airport. Previously Nepal Airlines operated routes to Kathmandu. [7]