Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)
A working profile of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Tribhuvan International Airport
- Serves: Kathmandu, Nepal
- Coordinates: 27.6966, 85.3591
- Elevation: 4,390 ft
- Time zone: Asia/Katmandu
Tribhuvan International Airport sits inside the air network of Nepal. It shows 44 distinct scheduled departures across 32 destinations and 27 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from KTM
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | KTM→DEL | 5 |
| DAC | Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport | Dhaka | Bangladesh | KTM→DAC | 4 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | KTM→KUL | 3 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | KTM→SIN | 2 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | KTM→DOH | 2 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | KTM→BKK | 2 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | KTM→BOM | 1 |
| CCU | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | India | KTM→CCU | 1 |
| VNS | Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport | Varanasi | India | KTM→VNS | 1 |
| CTU | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Chengdu | China | KTM→CTU | 1 |
| LXA | Lhasa Gonggar Airport | Lhasa | China | KTM→LXA | 1 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | KTM→CAN | 1 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | KTM→AUH | 1 |
| DWC | Al Maktoum International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | KTM→DWC | 1 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | KTM→DXB | 1 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | KTM→SHJ | 1 |
| PBH | Paro Airport | Thimphu | Bhutan | KTM→PBH | 1 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | KTM→ICN | 1 |
| KMG | Kunming Changshui International Airport | Kunming | China | KTM→KMG | 1 |
| KHI | Jinnah International Airport | Karachi | Pakistan | KTM→KHI | 1 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | KTM→HKG | 1 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | KTM→IST | 1 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | KTM→MCT | 1 |
| BDP | Bhadrapur Airport | Chandragarhi | Nepal | KTM→BDP | 1 |
| BHR | Bharatpur Airport | Bharatpur | Nepal | KTM→BHR | 1 |
| BIR | Biratnagar Airport | Biratnagar | Nepal | KTM→BIR | 1 |
| BWA | Gautam Buddha Airport | Bhairawa | Nepal | KTM→BWA | 1 |
| DHI | Dhangarhi Airport | Dhangarhi | Nepal | KTM→DHI | 1 |
| JKR | Janakpur Airport | Janakpur | Nepal | KTM→JKR | 1 |
| KEP | Nepalgunj Airport | Nepalgunj | Nepal | KTM→KEP | 1 |
| PKR | Pokhara Airport | Pokhara | Nepal | KTM→PKR | 1 |
| TMI | Tumling Tar Airport | Tumling Tar | Nepal | KTM→TMI | 1 |
Airlines operating at KTM
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from KTM |
|---|---|---|---|
| YT | Yeti Airways | Nepal | 9 |
| RA | Royal Nepal Airlines | Nepal | 4 |
| AI | Air India Limited | India | 3 |
| 9W | Jet Airways | India | 2 |
| CA | Air China | China | 2 |
| FZ | Fly Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| KB | Druk Air | Bhutan | 2 |
| 4H | United Airways | Bangladesh | 1 |
| 6E | IndiGo Airlines | India | 1 |
| BG | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Bangladesh | 1 |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong SAR of China | 1 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | 1 |
| D7 | AirAsia X | Malaysia | 1 |
| EY | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| G9 | Air Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| KA | Dragonair | DRAGON | 1 |
| KE | Korean Air | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | 1 |
| MI | SilkAir | Singapore | 1 |
| MU | China Eastern Airlines | China | 1 |
| PK | Pakistan International Airlines | Pakistan | 1 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | 1 |
| SG | Spicejet | India | 1 |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | 1 |
| TG | Thai Airways International | Thailand | 1 |
| TK | Turkish Airlines | Turkey | 1 |
| WY | Oman Air | Oman | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into KTM typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | 5 |
| DAC | Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 4 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 3 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | 2 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 2 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 2 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | 1 |
| CCU | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | India | 1 |
| VNS | Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport | Varanasi | India | 1 |
| CTU | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | Chengdu | China | 1 |
| LXA | Lhasa Gonggar Airport | Lhasa | China | 1 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | 1 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| DWC | Al Maktoum International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| PBH | Paro Airport | Thimphu | Bhutan | 1 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | 1 |
| KMG | Kunming Changshui International Airport | Kunming | China | 1 |
| KHI | Jinnah International Airport | Karachi | Pakistan | 1 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | 1 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | 1 |
| BDP | Bhadrapur Airport | Chandragarhi | Nepal | 1 |
| BHR | Bharatpur Airport | Bharatpur | Nepal | 1 |
| BIR | Biratnagar Airport | Biratnagar | Nepal | 1 |
| BWA | Gautam Buddha Airport | Bhairawa | Nepal | 1 |
| DHI | Dhangarhi Airport | Dhangarhi | Nepal | 1 |
| JKR | Janakpur Airport | Janakpur | Nepal | 1 |
| KEP | Nepalgunj Airport | Nepalgunj | Nepal | 1 |
| PKR | Pokhara Airport | Pokhara | Nepal | 1 |
| TMI | Tumling Tar Airport | Tumling Tar | Nepal | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from KTM on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list KTM to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat KTM as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.