TPJVNTJ

Taplejung Airport

Taplejung, Nepal · Asia

Asia Asia/Katmandu

2direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

705 mLongest runway

Taplejung Airport (IATA: TPJ, ICAO: VNTJ), also known as Suketar Airport, is a domestic airport located in Phungling serving Taplejung District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. It is the main tourist gateway on the Kangchenjunga mountainous area and Pathibhara Devi Temple.

Location

27.351°N, 87.695°E · 2.435 m s. n. m. (7.990 ft)

General data

CountryNepal

CityTaplejung

IATA codeTPJ

ICAO codeVNTJ

Coordinates27.351°N, 87.695°E

Elevation2.435 m s. n. m. (7.990 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Katmandu

Runways1

Longest runway705 m

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

07/25

Length705 m2,313 ft

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

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Sita Air Nepal Airlines Summit Air

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Taplejung Airport (TPJ). Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TPJ

MLA

“Taplejung Airport (TPJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TPJ. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tpj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Taplejung Airport (TPJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TPJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TPJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-26},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-26}
}

Wikipedia

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