Overview & Summary

Executive
CAAN 2024 / 2025
State of Civil Aviation in Nepal • Executive Dashboard

Official Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Statistics

Consolidated intelligence derived strictly from the official CAAN Aviation Safety Reports (2024 & 2025) and CAAN Annual Publications. NASD enforces a strict zero-hallucination verification pipeline to guarantee 100% mathematical fidelity across all national aerodrome volumes, commercial air fleets, incident registries, and ICAO USOAP safety oversight metrics.

49/49 Data Verification Assertions Passed•Reporting Cycles: 2024–2025 (FY 2081/082)•Domain: nasd.gsacharya.com

Macro Performance & Capacity Indicators

National Totals
Total Annual Passenger Movements
14.08 M
+5.4% YoYCommercial & International (2024)
CAAN Total Annual Revenue
Verified Grand Total
NPR 14.69 B
FY 2081/082 Officewise Income
ICAO USOAP Safety Implementation
70.11%
+10.11% vs ICAO TargetGlobal Avg: 67.5% | APAC Avg: 66.76%
Active Operational Aerodromes
National Network
32 Airports
3 International, 29 Domestic/STOL
Commercial Aviation Fleets
19 Operators
7 Fixed-Wing Airlines & 12 Helicopter AOCs
Historical Accident Registry
950 Fatalities
108 Accidents
Official Investigations (1955–2024)
Annual Reported Occurrences
349 Events
343 Charted CICTT + 6 Pending
Global Bilateral Agreements
BASA Treaties
42 Nations
30 International Airlines from 15 Countries

Deep-Dive Analytical Modules

32 Airports

Airport Operations & Revenue

Passenger volumes, aircraft movements, cargo throughput across 32 operational aerodromes, and CAAN's NPR 14.69B officewise revenue ledger.

Explore Traffic & Revenues
19 Fleets

Airline Operations & Fleet

Fleet distribution of 7 domestic fixed-wing carriers, 12 helicopter operators, market shares (Buddha Air 58.5%), and 30 international airlines.

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108 Crashes

Safety & Incident Registry

Chronological investigation ledger (1955–2024), STOL mountain airfield vulnerability (51.8% of crashes), CFIT and LOC-I root cause analysis.

Inspect Accident Ledger
349 Occurrences

Occurrences & Wildlife Strikes

CICTT 32-category incident taxonomy, 93 bird strikes, 5 animal runway intrusions, and Safety Management System (SMS) maturity audits.

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70.11% USOAP

Regulatory Oversight & AAIC

ICAO USOAP Effective Implementation scores across 8 Critical Elements (CE-1 to CE-8) and 145 AAIC safety recommendations status.

Inspect Oversight Scores

Data Integrity & Mathematical Proof Ledger (Zero Hallucination Rule)

100.0% Pass (49/49 Assertions)
Module 1: Accident Registry

108 accidents verified (51 ME, 8 SE, 41 Heli, 8 Foreign). Earliest 1955, latest 2024. Exact match with ASR 2025 Appendices.

Module 4: Airport Volumes

32 operational airports verified. TIA 2024: 33,247 Int'l & 81,172 Dom movements. Pokhara: 1,016,900 pax. Zero discrepancies.

Module 6: CAAN Office Revenues

41 offices. Sum matches printed grand total NPR 14,690,331,695.01 with 0.00 difference (CAAN Report 2025 p. 39).

Module 3: Occurrences & Strikes

349 occurrences. 343 CICTT charted + 6 pending = 349. 93 bird strikes across month, aerodrome, and species. 5 animal strikes.

Module 5: Safety Oversight

Nepal USOAP EI: 70.11% vs APAC 66.76% and Global 67.50%. 145 AAIC recommendations (131 applicable: 111 complied, 8 partial, 12 not).

Module 7: Airline Fleets

7 fixed-wing airlines, 12 helicopter operators, 30 international carriers across 15 countries, 42 BASA partner countries.