Nepal
has only one international airport throughout the country. The existing
international airport is not in a very good state and is a single runway
airport. The airport is very primitive with old facilities and very less latest
technology. There is only one hanger in the airport and apron space is very
limited. In addition to this, the fuel storage area of the airport is in very
vulnerable area right next to a busy road and high density of population.
Visitor parking space is another issue here with extremely limited space
available. With all these issues with the airport, couple of projects has
already been started for new international airport in Nepal, but the work has
barely started due to various political reasons. This ignited the interest in
me to do a project for the site suitability of international airport. My interest
in aviation added my desire in trying this project out.
Figure 1: Turkish Airline that slipped off runway. Source: Aviation Nepal