Airports / Nepal / JKR
Janakpur Airport
VNJP / JKRJanakpur, NepalELEV 256 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Darbhanga Airport (DBR) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Janakpur Airport (VNJP / JKR) is a mid-sized airport serving Janakpur, Nepal. The field lies at an elevation of 256 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
JKR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Darbhanga Airport (DBR, 31 nm), Muzaffarpur Airport (MZU, 48 nm), and Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM, 66 nm).
Quotes for flights out of JKR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from JKR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
VNJP
IATA
JKR
FAA / Local
VNJP
Elevation
256 ft
Coordinates
26.7088° N · 85.9224° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Nepal fields
state range 236–9,380 ft
At 256 ft, JKR sits lower than 78% of the 9 Nepal fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 31nmDBRDarbhanga AirportDarbhanga
- 48nmMZUMuzaffarpur AirportMuzaffarpur
- 66nmKTMTribhuvan International AirportKathmandu
- 73nmLUATenzing-Hillary AirportLukla
- 73nmBIRBiratnagar AirportBiratnagar
- 81nmPATJay Prakash Narayan AirportPatna
Location
Open the full mapVNJP · Janakpur Airport · Janakpur, Nepal