AirportsSimikot Airport is a small airport serving Simikot, in Karnali Province, Nepal. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is IMK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- IMK
- ICAO code
- VNST
- City
- Simikot
- State or region
- Karnali Province
- Country
- Nepal
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 29.9711° N, 81.8189° E
- Elevation
- 2,818 m (9,246 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, IMK means Simikot Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VNST. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 29.9711° N, 81.8189° E. It stands 2,818 metres (9,246 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Birendranagar, about 154 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kathmandu, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jumla AirportJumla | JUM | 86 km |
| Silgadi Doti AirportSilgadi Doti | SIH | 116 km |
| Dolpa AirportDolpa | DOP | 146 km |
| Surkhet AirportSurkhet | SKH | 155 km |
| Nepalgunj AirportNepalgunj | KEP | 208 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 484 km | 1 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,510 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,652 km | 3 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,939 km | 8 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,771 km | 14 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,597 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,951 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,379 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,171 km | 12 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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