Lamidanda Airport
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| IATA: LDN – ICAO: VNLD | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lamidanda, Nepal | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,100 ft / 1,250 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°15′11″N 086°40′12″E / 27.25306°N 86.67000°E | ||||||||||
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Lamidanda Airport (IATA: LDN, ICAO: VNLD) is an airport serving Lamidanda,[1] a village in the Khotang District of Province No. 1 in Nepal.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 4,100 feet (1,250 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 518 metres (1,699 ft) in length.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Nepal Airlines | Biratnagar, Kathmandu [2] |
| Tara Air | Kathmandu [3] |
Accidents and incidents
On 15 December 2010, a Tara Air flight operated by DHC-6 Twin Otter 9N-AFX crashed into a mountain shortly after departure. The aircraft was operating a chartered passenger flight to Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. All 19 passengers and crew were killed.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Airport information for Lamidanda, Nepal (VNLD / LDN) at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "Schedule Effective from 15 May, 2010 to 30 October, 2010". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ↑ http://www.taraair.com/
- ↑ Hradecky, Simon (15 December 2010). "Crash: Tara Air DHC6 near Okhaldhunga on Dec 15th 2010, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
External links
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