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Tenzing-Hillary Airport's runway is shorter than five football pitches, tilts uphill at nearly 12%, and ends in a rock wall on one side and a valley…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 16, 2026
Blink and you would miss the runway. Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla is 527 metres long — about a sixth the length of Kathmandu's own runway — and tilts uphill at an 11.7% gradient. One end stops at a solid rock wall; the other falls away into the Dudh Koshi…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
What this means for you This is also why almost every Lukla-bound flight in the two peak trekking seasons — mid-March to May, and late September to November — now departs not from Kathmandu but from Manthali airport near Ramechhap, about 132km east. Manthali…
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