Airports
Everest Base Camp (NPEB)
Everest Base Camp is a Himalayan landing site in Khumbu, identified on this platform as NPEB. It sits at 17,598 ft (5,364 m) above sea level, at 28.0026°N 86.8527°E. One published helicopter route runs through it — Everest Base Camp Landing Tour — quoted across every certified operator that flies it.
- ICAO code
- NPEB
- IATA code
- None
- District
- Khumbu
- Elevation
- 17,598 ft
- Elevation, metric
- 5,364 m
- Coordinates
- 28.0026°N 86.8527°E
Flying here
Routes through Everest Base Camp
Every one of these is quoted across the certified operators that fly it, for the date you give it.
What this height does to the air is on the altitude and oxygen page for Everest Base Camp.
Asked about Everest Base Camp
Everest Base Camp, in detail
Where is Everest Base Camp?
Everest Base Camp is in Khumbu, Nepal, at 28.0026° north and 86.8527° east. It is a helicopter landing site rather than an aerodrome, identified on this platform as NPEB.
How high is Everest Base Camp?
Everest Base Camp stands at 17,598 ft, which is 5,364 m above sea level. That is the surveyed elevation of the landing surface itself rather than of the surrounding terrain, which is why it can differ from the height quoted for the town or the ridge above it.
Which helicopter flights use Everest Base Camp?
1 published route on this platform runs through Everest Base Camp: Everest Base Camp Landing Tour. Each is quoted across every CAAN-certified operator that flies it, so the price shown is a comparison rather than one company's number.
Is Everest Base Camp an airport?
No. Everest Base Camp is a helicopter landing site with no runway and no ICAO registration. The code NPEB used on this site is our own identifier, so that a dispatcher and a pilot are naming the same patch of ground. Nepal's registered aerodromes all carry codes beginning VN.
Flying through Everest Base Camp?
Leave a number. A dispatcher rings back and plans the departure, the weather window and the landing around who is on board — the part of a Himalayan flight that gets decided on the phone rather than in a form.