AirportsTaplejung Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Taplejung, in Koshi Province, Nepal. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TPJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TPJ
- ICAO code
- VNTJ
- City
- Taplejung
- State or region
- Koshi Province
- Country
- Nepal
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 27.3509° N, 87.6953° E
- Elevation
- 2,435 m (7,990 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 705 m (2,313 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TPJ means Taplejung Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VNTJ. 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 27.3509° N, 87.6953° E. It stands 2,435 metres (7,990 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 Dārjiling, about 67 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
Taplejung Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 705 metres (2,313 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 16 airports of Nepal on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 705 m 2,313 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tumling Tar AirportTumling Tar | TMI | 50 km |
| Bhadrapur AirportBhadrapur | BDP | 95 km |
| Bagdogra AirportSiliguri, India | IXB | 97 km |
| Tenzing-Hillary AirportLukla | LUA | 102 km |
| Biratnagar AirportBiratnagar | BIR | 106 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,049 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,770 km | 2 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,222 km | 4 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,543 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,217 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,665 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,373 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,967 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,546 km | 12 h 00 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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