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Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA)

Lukla, Nepal · ICAO VNLK · IATA LUA

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Tenzing-Hillary Airport (VNLK)0624
Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 14 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.
Location
Lukla, Nepal
ICAO code
VNLK
IATA code
LUA
Elevation
9,380 ft
Longest runway
1,729 ft (06/24)
Runways
1
Size class
Medium
Position
27.6868, 86.7295

About VNLK

Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) is a medium airport in Lukla, Nepal, with the ICAO code VNLK. It has one runway, 06/24, 1,729 ft long and 98 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 7 taxiway segments, 1 aprons and 1 terminal outlines. In the route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026, 2 airlines have 4 routes through VNLK. Its only linked airport in the snapshot is Kathmandu (KTM).

Runways

Runways, longest first
RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLights
06 / 241,729 ft98 ftHardNot lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

Published route data from the snapshot of 14 Oct 2026. These are standing schedules, not live flights, and they can be out of date. Counts are routes in that snapshot.

Airlines flying here

    Also flying here, shown by airline code: JAF, STA.

    Connected airports

    • Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) Kathmandu, Nepal4 routes

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    Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.