Tenzing-Hillary Airport
The runways, from navdata. Drawn to scale from each threshold's position, true heading, length and width, with north up; the idents sit beyond each threshold.
1 shared touchdown. Each dot sits where it was measured: its distance from the threshold and its offset from the centerline.
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Runways.
2 runway ends, the longest 527 m / 1,729 ft. Headings in true and magnetic degrees.
| End | True | Magnetic | Length | Width | Surface | ILS | Glide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | 060° | 060° | 527 m / 1,729 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | None | None |
| 24 | 240° | 240° | 527 m / 1,729 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | None | None |
Landings here.
From the landings of pilots who made their profile public, and only the ones that count toward a grade.
The latest.
- BC208B PassengersRunway 24, 237 fpmPilot XXRC7N
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For reference.
Quick facts
- ICAO and IATA
- VNLK, LUA
- Type
- Medium airport
- Location
- Lukla, Koshi Province, Nepal
- Coordinates
- 27.686768, 86.729479
- Elevation
- 9,380 ft (2859 m)
- Mag variation
- +0.28° E (WMM)
- Runways
- 2 ends, longest 527 m / 1,729 ft
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Approach
- Approach
- 122.300
Tower
- Tower
- 122.500
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