LUA — Tenzing-Hillary Airport
Medium-sized airport in Lukla, Nepal.
- IATA code
- LUA
- ICAO code
- VNLK
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 129,508
- 2019 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+5:45
- Asia/Kathmandu
- Elevation
- 2,859 m
- 9,380 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 527 m
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About LUA
Tenzing-Hillary Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lukla, Nepal. It opened in 1964. 129,508 passengers used it in 2019.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| TMI | Tumling Tar Airport | 62 km |
| DDR | Shigatse Tingri Airport | 102 km |
| TPJ | Taplejung Airport | 102 km |
| JKR | Janakpur Airport | 135 km |
| KTM | Tribhuvan International Airport | 135 km |
| BIR | Biratnagar Airport | 144 km |
Distance from LUA to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 527 m | 30 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Lukla, Koshi Province, Nepal · 27.6868, 86.7295
Questions
Tenzing-Hillary Airport has the IATA code LUA and the ICAO code VNLK. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
LUA is a medium-sized airport in Lukla, Koshi Province, Nepal, at 27.6868, 86.7295, 2,859 m above sea level.
LUA is in the Asia/Kathmandu time zone, UTC+5:45.
129,508 passengers in 2019, according to Wikidata.
Tenzing-Hillary Airport opened in 1964.
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