Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA/VNLK) is an airport in Nepal serving Lukla.
It handled 129,508 passengers in 2019.
It has 1 runway, the longest 527 m, at an elevation of 2,860 m.
Passengers per year
2004–201971.4K53.9K62K80.7K92.2K88.9K92K93.3K87.5K81.2K119.8K146.9K124.9K129.5K
2004’042005’052006’062007’072008’082009’092010’102011’112014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’19
Identification
- IATA
- LUA
- ICAO
- VNLK
- Wikidata
- Q1043277
Location
- Country
- Nepal
- City served
- Lukla, Everest Base Camp (South, Nepal)
- Located in
- Solukhumbu District
- Coordinates
- 27.6875, 86.7314
- Elevation
- 2,860 m (9,383 ft)
Organisation
- Type
- airport
- Opened
- 1964-01-01
- Named after
- Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay
Runways
- 06/24
- 527 m · 1,729 ftrock asphalt