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{{Short description|Airport in Nepal}}
{{About|the domestic airport serving
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Pokhara Airport
| nativename = {{lang|ne|पोखरा विमानस्थल}}
| image = Pokhara Airport after rain-2945.jpg
| caption = Pokhara Airport in 2019
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[[File:Yeti airlines jetstream 41.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Yeti Airlines]] [[Jetstream 41]] at Pokhara Airport in 2019]]
[[File:412a Pokhara RNAC DC3, Nepal 1971 (51296670854).jpg|thumb|right|A [[Nepal Airlines]] [[DC-3]] at Pokhara Airport in 1971]]
[[File:Pokhara Airport 1.jpg|thumb|right| Airside at Pokhara Airport
'''Pokhara Airport''' ({{lang-ne|पोखरा विमानस्थल}}, {{Airport codes|<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">PKR</span>|VNPK|p=n}}) is a [[domestic airport]] serving [[Pokhara]] in [[Nepal]]. Pokhara Airport will be gradually replaced by Nepal's third international airport, [[Pokhara International Airport]], in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/nation/Pokhara-waits-for-take-off,4136|title=With new airport, Pokhara waits for takeoff - Nation - Nepali Times|first=Ziyu|last=Lin|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|accessdate=8 September 2018}}</ref> While most operations were transferred to the new airport on 1 January 2023, the [[STOL]]
==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
In the late 2010s, Pokhara Airport became Nepal's second domestic hub
==Facilities==
The apron of the airport is relatively small and can only handle eight propeller planes at a time. Pokhara Airport is a diversion airport for the country's [[Tribhuvan International Airport|main airport]] in [[Kathmandu]] in times of problems such as fog. Due to a short runway and crowded apron, flights must often be re-diverted to third airports with even shorter runways.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=71653 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012404/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=71653 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |title=Aircraft parking at Pokhara Airport woefully inadequate|website=Republica|date=27
==Airlines and destinations==
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==Incidents and accidents==
*On 6 November 1997, a [[Necon Air]] [[Avro 748|Avro 748-100]] had a hydraulic failure after landing from a flight from [[Tribhuvan International Airport|Kathmandu Airport]]. The pilot attempted to steer the plane, but it hit
*On 22 August 2002, [[2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter Crash|a Shangri-La Air Twin Otter aircraft]], on a flight from Jomsom to Pokhara, [[Controlled flight into terrain|crashed into a hill]] that was under complete cloud cover following three days of continuous rain. All three crew and 15 passengers were killed.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020822-0 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved 19 November 2006</ref>
* On 16 February 2014, [[Nepal Airlines Flight 183]] [[Controlled flight into terrain|crashed]] shortly after taking off for a flight Pokhara to [[Jumla Airport]]. The crash in bad weather killed all the 18 on board.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adhikari|first=Deepak|title=Nepal plane crash in bad weather killed all 18 on board|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/nepal-plane-crash-in-bad-weather-killed-all-18-on-board-20140218-hvcrx.html|accessdate=27 March 2014|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=18 February 2014}}</ref>
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