Airports
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport (VNLK / LUA)
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport is a Nepali aerodrome in Lukla (ICAO VNLK, IATA LUA). It sits at 9,334 ft (2,845 m) above sea level, at 27.6869°N 86.7292°E. 2 published helicopter routes run through it, each quoted across every certified operator that flies it.
- ICAO code
- VNLK
- IATA code
- LUA
- District
- Lukla
- Elevation
- 9,334 ft
- Elevation, metric
- 2,845 m
- Coordinates
- 27.6869°N 86.7292°E
Flying here
Routes through Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport
Every one of these is quoted across the certified operators that fly it, for the date you give it.
How far and how long the flight is, for Lukla – Kathmandu Charter. What this height does to the air is on the altitude and oxygen page for Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport.
Asked about Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport, in detail
Where is Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport?
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport is in Lukla, Nepal, at 27.6869° north and 86.7292° east. Its ICAO code is VNLK and its IATA code is LUA.
How high is Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport?
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport stands at 9,334 ft, which is 2,845 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 Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport?
2 published routes on this platform run through Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport: Lukla – Kathmandu Charter, Everest Region Medical Evacuation. Each is quoted across every CAAN-certified operator that flies it, so the price shown is a comparison rather than one company's number.
What are the codes for Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport?
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport is VNLK in ICAO's four-letter system, and LUA in IATA's three-letter system, which is the code that appears on an airline ticket.
Is Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport an airport or an airstrip?
Formally an airport: it holds the ICAO code VNLK, which is only issued to a registered aerodrome. "Airstrip" is the informal word for the short, often unlit mountain runways that make up most of Nepal's network, and it is used about this one as often as "airport" is. Both describe the same place. What is not an airstrip is a helipad, and ten of the eighteen sites on this platform are helipads with no runway of any kind.
What is the closest airport to Mount Everest?
Syangboche Airport is the nearest registered airport to the summit, about 29 km away in a straight line, though the airport almost everyone means is Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport at about 39 km: it has the scheduled service, and it is where the Everest treks and most Everest helicopter itineraries begin. Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport itself is about 39 km from the summit. Closer than any airport are the helicopter landing sites at Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar, neither of which has a runway.
Lukla’s runway is 527 m long and climbs at 11.7%, and the reasons it is built that way are worth reading before flying into it — reading Lukla’s runway.
Flying through Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport?
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.