Tenzing-Hillary Airport Archives

Not Just Lukla: Exploring Other Airports in the Everest Region

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

Karan Bhatta / November 11, 2025

There are three domestic airlines that fly to Lukla Airport (LUA) -Sita Air, Summit Air, and Tara Air – three

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

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

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

A few days ago, the crash of a helicopter operated by Altitude Air (registered 9N-AMS) in Lobuche (of the Everest

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

Kiran Bhatta / January 24, 2025

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