PKRVNPK

Pokhara Domestic Airport

Pokhara, Nepal · Asia

Asia Asia/Katmandu

1runway

1,439 mLongest runway

1958opened

Pokhara Airport (Nepali: ????? ?????????, (IATA: PKR, ICAO: VNPK)) (in official use by CAAN "Pokhara (VNPK)") is a domestic airport serving Pokhara in Nepal. Pokhara Airport is supposed to be gradually replaced by Nepal's third international airport, Pokhara International Airport, since 2023. While most operations were transferred to the new airport on 1 January 2023, the domestic operations to Jomsom are still operated from this airport in 2025.

Location

28.201°N, 83.981°E · 827 m s. n. m. (2.712 ft)

General data

CountryNepal

CityPokhara

IATA codePKR

ICAO codeVNPK

Coordinates28.201°N, 83.981°E

Elevation827 m s. n. m. (2.712 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Katmandu

Runways1

Longest runway1,439 m

Opened1958

Runways · 1

04/22

Length1,439 m4,721 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

123.800

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The airport was established on 4 July 1958 by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Until the 2010s, it offered regular connections to Kathmandu and Jomsom; and seasonal connections to Manang. In 2011 Buddha Air, a private Nepali airline, began international flights from Pokhara to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, India, and announced plans to fly to New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in the future. However these international flights were discontinued soon after.

In the late 2010s, Pokhara Airport became Nepal's second domestic hub for air travel.

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR). Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PKR

MLA

“Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PKR. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_pkr,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PKR},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PKR}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-21},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

Wikipedia

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