Nepal
Bagmati Province
Kathmandu

Tribhuvan International Airport

Tribhuvan International Airport is an international airport located in , , . It has a tabletop runway, a domestic terminal and an international terminal.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Kathmandu Airport”, “Kathmandu International Airport”, “Katmandu International”, “KTM”, “Tribhuvan Airport”, and “VNKT”
  • Historically known as: “Gauchar Airport” and “Gaucher Airport”
Photo: Bharatahs, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boudhanath and East Kathmandu and Dwarika’s Hotel.

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Boudhanath is 7 km east/northeast of central . It is home to one of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world, built during the 5th century AD.

Hotel
Photo: BhattaraiAbhishek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dwarika's Hotel is a luxury hotel in , , located in the Battisputali neighborhood. The hotel is a collection of traditional heritage Newari houses centered around courtyards.

Pond
is a historic pond in , . The history of the pond is uncertain possibly dating back to the Licchavi-era and it had been used by the Malla kings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sinamangal and Koteshwor.

Suburb
is a residential area of , the capital city of , on the banks of . It borders Baneshwor and . Tribhuvan International Airport located in divides Eastern side Purano from Western side both belonging to Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Suburb
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Koteshwar is a place, located in Kathmandu District. In 1991, Kathmandu Metropolitan City was expanded by incorporating Koteshwar as Ward No. 32. It encompasses 395 hectares and is bounded by the Manohara river in the east and south, the Bagmati river in the…

Suburb
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is an ancient neighborhood in northeast in . It is famous for its Licchavi , called the Dhando Chaitya, considered by many historians to be the oldest Buddhist Stupa in the valley.

Tribhuvan International Airport

Latitude
27.69371° or 27° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
85.35914° or 85° 21′ 33″ east
Elevation
1,338 metres (4,390 feet)
Operator
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)
IATA airport code
KTM
ICAO airport code
VNKT
Open location code
7MV7M9V5+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 118505122
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
1282644
Wiki­data ID
Q61066
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Tribhuvan International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tribhuvan Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار تريبوفان الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار كاتماندو الدولي”
  • Armenian: “Տրիբհուվան միջազգային օդանավակայան”
  • Awadhi: “त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय हवाईगिरान”
  • Bengali: “ত্রিভুবন আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Catalan: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • Cebuano: “Katmandu International”
  • Cebuano: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • Chinese: “加德满都国际机场”
  • Chinese: “加德滿都國際機場”
  • Chinese: “特里布万国际机场”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Tribhuvan”
  • Dotyali: “त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Dutch: “Internationale Luchthaven Tribhuvan”
  • Estonian: “Tribhuvani rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • Finnish: “Kathmandun kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Kathmandun lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Katmandun kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Katmandun lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Tribhuvanin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Tribhuvanin lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport de Katmandou”
  • French: “aéroport international Tribhuvan”
  • French: “Aéroport international Tribhuvan”
  • French: “KTM”
  • French: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • French: “VNKT”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto internacional Tribhuvan”
  • German: “Flughafen Kathmandu”
  • German: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • German: “VNKT”
  • Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Τρίμπουβαν”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי טריבהוואן”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי טריבהוואן”
  • Hindi: “त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Tribhuvan nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Tribhuvan”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Tribhuvan”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Tribhuvan”
  • Indonesian: “KTM”
  • Indonesian: “VNKT”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Kathmandu”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Tribhuvan”
  • Italian: “aeroporto Internazionale Tribhuvan”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Tribhuvan”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Tribhuvan”
  • Italian: “Tribhuvan Airport”
  • Italian: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • Japanese: “VNKT”
  • Japanese: “カトマンズ・トリブバン国際空港”
  • Japanese: “カトマンズ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “カトマンズ空港”
  • Japanese: “トリブバン国際空港”
  • Kannada: “ತ್ರಿಭುವನ್ ಇಂಟರ್ನ್ಯಾಶನಲ್ ಏರ್‌ಪೋರ್ಟ್”
  • Korean: “트리부반 국제공항”
  • Korean: “트리부번 국제공항”
  • Lithuanian: “Tribchuvano tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tribhuvano tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Maithili: “त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Tribhuvan”
  • Malayalam: “ത്രിഭുവൻ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “त्रिभुवन आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Nepali: “त्रिभुवन अन्तरराष्ट्रीय विमानस्थल”
  • Nepali: “त्रिभुवन अन्तराष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Nepali: “त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Nepali: “त्रिभुवन विमानस्थल”
  • Newari: “त्रिभुवन विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kathmandu internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kathmandus internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tribhuvan internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “VNKT”
  • Norwegian: “Kathmandu internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Katmandu internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tribhuvan International Airport”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی تریبهوان”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی تریبهوان”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Katmandu”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Tribhuvan”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Tribhuvan”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Tribhuvan”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Трибхуван”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Трибхувана”
  • Russian: “Трибхуван”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱨᱤᱵᱷᱩᱵᱚᱱ ᱡᱮᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱨᱤᱵᱷᱩᱵᱚᱱ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱴᱷᱢᱟᱱᱰᱩ ᱡᱮᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱴᱷᱢᱟᱱᱰᱩ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Katmandu”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Katmandú”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Katmandu”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Katmandú”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Tribhuvan”
  • Spanish: “VNKT”
  • Swedish: “Tribhuvan internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ трибҳуон”
  • Tamil: “திரிபுவன் பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติตริภูวัน”
  • Turkish: “Tribhuvan Uluslararası Havaalanı”
  • Turkish: “Tribhuvan Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Катманду”
  • Ukrainian: “Трібхуван”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Tribhuvan”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Tribhuvan”
  • Wu Chinese: “特里布万国际机场”

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