Lukla Airport in Nepal has its runway located near a 600-meter-deep gorge. The weather in the location is always unpredictable, leading to flight cancellations.

It’s an extreme adventure playground that is there for the conquering – but increasingly, there are distressing stories of ...

The Himalayan Trust’s airport in Lukla, built by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1964, remains a vital hub for trekkers and locals but faces growing competition from the road. Until now, this journey ...

The consultancy considers an aircraft as based somewhere if its most active flying location is from that airport, said Asian Sky’s media and publications director Alud Davies. While official ...

During the tourist season in spring and autumn, hundreds of tourists are often stranded at Lukla airport as no flights can land due to bad weather and high winds. Problems intensify during the winter ...

Named after the first two people who successfully climbed Mount Everest, Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is easily among the world’s most dangerous airports due to its location.