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Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla has a 527-metre runway wedged between a mountain wall and a cliff, and pilots need ten prior landings here before…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 3, 2026
Key facts Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla sits at 2,845 metres (9,334 ft) — one of the highest commercial airports on Earth. Its paved runway is just 527 metres long and 30 metres wide, built on an 11.7% gradient — a slope, not a flat strip. The History…
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What this means for you None of this makes the flight unsafe for a passenger doing everything right: fly with an established operator, take the earliest slot before afternoon wind picks up, and build one or two spare days into your schedule before you commit…
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