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Environmental Impact of Lukla Airport: Balancing Tourism and Sustainability in the Himalayas

With an impressive airstrip situated 2,900 meters above sea level, Lukla Airport (LUA) is the highest functioning airport in Everest: […]

Lukla Airport (LUA), which is named after the two famed climbers who scaled it first, [Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund

Unique Shrestha / October 29, 2025

Nepal, a country that has gained notoriety for a number of crashes, especially in the Everest region, has seen another

The word “Lukla” in the Sherpa language refers to an “abode of sheep”. Locals say that in the past, the

Kiran Bhatta / February 7, 2025

The tales of the airports in Nepal are quite fascinating. It houses what, often wrongly, is dubbed to be the

In the early days, cattle would often graze on Lukla’s runway while children played nearby. Whenever an aircraft was about

Kiran Bhatta / January 24, 2025

Tribhuvan International Airport – the aerial entrance to Nepal – was inaugurated by King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah in 1955

While the Lukla Airport is known as the Hillary Airport (with the name of the other mountaineer first to Everest-

Pradip Bashyal, a BBC journalist based in Kathmandu and writer of the brilliant book “Sherpa” shares his thoughts on the