Rajbiraj Airport


Rajbiraj Airport is a domestic airport located in Rajbiraj serving Saptari District, a district in Province No. 2 in Nepal.
After 11 years of complete shut down, the airport resumed its operations on 23 May 2018 with a Shree Airlines test flight.

History

Following the days after its official inauguration in 1959 by the then transport minister Ganesh Man Singh, the airport was closed down due to inadequate infrastructures and runway safety measures. Several subsequent attempts were made later on to restore flight services but were all disrupted, mainly due to the lack of a blacktopped runway. The airport finally halted all the flights from 2007.
In 2015-16, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal allocated a budget of Nepali Rupees 303 million for an upgradation of the airport. The airport upgradation project was awarded to a joint venture company in October 2016 with the completion deadline of November 2017, which was extended for 5 months. The inaugural flight after the renovation was Shree Airlines flight on 23 May 2018 while the regular flight started from 25 June 2018.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. Since the renovation of the airport in 2018, the airport has one asphalt runway which is in length.

Airlines and destinations