Mingbo Airport Archives

Nyoma Airbase: How India Built one of the World’s Highest Operational Fighter Base at 13,700 Feet

On November 13, 2025, the Indian Air Force (IAF) officially operationalized the Mudh-Nyoma Air Force Station in eastern Ladakh, at […]

When a media outlet as respectable as the BBC comments that Lukla is the “most dangerous airport” in the world,

Syangboche Airport (SYH) is located at an altitude of 3748 m./12293 ft and lies in Khumjung Municipality of Solukhumbu District,

The history of Lukla Airport (LUA) stretches back in the 1970s, when the original runway was gravel with a sparse

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

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

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