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Gautam Buddha Airport
International airport in Bhairahawa, Siddharthanagar, Lumbini Pradesh, FDR Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gautam Buddha International Airport (IATA: BWA, ICAO: VNBW), also known as Bhairahawa Airport, is an international airport located in Siddharthanagar (formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa)[3] serving Lumbini in Lumbini Province, as well as the Butwal﹣Siddharthanagar urban agglomeration in Nepal. In May 2022, it became Nepal's second international airport, after previously only handling domestic services.[4][5]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Nepal | ||||||||||
Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal | ||||||||||
Serves | Lumbini Province, Nepal | ||||||||||
Location | Siddharthanagar | ||||||||||
Opened | 8 July 1958 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 344 ft / 105 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°30′20″N 083°24′58″E | ||||||||||
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