Rajbiraj Airport is a

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located in Rajbiraj serving Saptari District, a district in

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. After eleven years of complete shut down, the airport resumed its operations on 23 May 2018. The airport is used by Local Residents as well as Tourists who come to visit Koshi Barrage, Kishi Tappu Wildlife reserve and also as transit airport to go to nearby towns in India.

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

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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. The Airport has since then been one of the very successful.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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of above

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. Since the renovation of the airport in 2018, the airport has one

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which is in length. There is a good hotel by name of S K Airport Hotel nearby which is a popular restaurant for people of Rajbiraj

Airlines and destinations

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* {{authority control Airports in Nepal