Tenzing-Hillary Airport

Lukla, Koshi Province, Nepal

Also known as: Lukla Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay Sir Edmund Hillary

Regional Airport ✓ Scheduled Service ▲ High Altitude Airport

Timezone Asia/Kathmandu

Local Time —

Elevation 9,380 ft (2,859 m)

Coordinates 27.6868°N, 86.7295°E

Runways 2

LUA is the IATA airport code for Tenzing-Hillary Airport, located in Lukla, Nepal. Its ICAO code is VNLK. The airport is classified as a Regional Airport with scheduled commercial passenger service. It operates in the Asia/Kathmandu timezone at an elevation of 9,380 ft (2,859 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.

About Tenzing-Hillary Airport

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Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is a domestic airport and altiport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu Pasanglhamu, Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province of Nepal. The airport has gained worldwide fame, not only for its unusual location, but also because it was rated the most dangerous airport in the world for more than 20 years by a program titled Most Extreme Airports, broadcast on The History Channel in 2010.