Sagarmatha Airport
Sagarmatha Airport | |
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| Airport type | Public |
| Owner | Government Of Nepal |
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) |
| Coordinates | 26°45′24″N 86°46′40″E / 26.7567768°N 86.7778992°E |
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  Sagarmatha Airport Location within Nepal  Sagarmatha Airport Sagarmatha Airport (Nepal) | |
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Sagarmatha Airport is an airport under construction in Koshi Province of Nepal. The proposal is to build an airport in Jogidaha, Gaighat in Udayapur District. The proposed airport was scheduled to be completed within three years and set to open in December 2022.[1][2] The runway is planned to be 60m x 2000 m.[3]
Development
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- The concept of constructing an airport in Udayapur District was first developed in 1974, however was not developed on until 2019.[4]
- 13,687 trees have been cut down from the community forest at the location of the planned airport. [6]156 hectares of area is cleared for further development.
- No budget allocated for the fiscal year 2024 to construct the airport though Member of Parliament of Udayapur 1 (constituency) Dr. Narayan Khadka has promised to avail 10 Million Rupees from the Infrastructure Development Committee to develop the construction area e.g. Fencing, uprooting, Soil compaction and Levelling.[7]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Construction of Sagarmatha Airport to begin soon". Himalayan Times. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Triyuga Municipality proposes river land for Sagarmatha Airport". República. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Sagarmatha Airport (CAPA center for aviation)". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Udayapur revives airport plan". República. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Minister Kirati assures expedite construction process of Sagarmatha Airport". My Republica. 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "उदयपुरको 'सगरमाथा विमानस्थल': साढे १३ हजार रुख कटान" [The Sagarmatha Airport of Udayapur: 13,500 trees have been cut] (in Nepali). Nagrik News. 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "सगरमाथा विमानस्थल चर्चामा मात्रै" [Sagarmatha Airport; only in discussion] (in Nepali). Gorkha Patra. 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
