Videos tagged with "tenzing-hillary"

Busy Morning at Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Lukla, Nepal [06:12]

No. 1 Most Extreme and Dangerous Airport: Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Nepal 全球最危險機場 [02:27]
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Nepal 全球最危險機場| Gefährlichster Flughafen der Welt - Landung in Lukla! -- World's Most Dangerous Airports: Lukla Airport, Nepal, LUA - Runway characteristics include 527m of bitumen runway. The width is 20m and the runway incline is a staggering...

Lukla Airport [02:35]
Flying in to the (so-called) most dangerous airport in the world: Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal.
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Lukla or Tenzing-Hillary Airport - Nearest airfield to Mt. Everest [01:10]
Construction and repair work happening at Lukla air strip in Nepal. Tractors, manual labourers (beldar and masons), trucks and cement work in progress. See a red and white wind sock flying in the wind... Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla in Khumbu, Solukhumbu district, Sagarmatha zone, eastern Nepal. Lukla means place with many goats and sheep, however these days, one is not likely to see many roaming around. The airport is popular because Lukla is the place where most people start the climb to Mount Everest Base Camp. There are daily flights between Lukla and Kathmandu during daylight hours, in good weather. Although the flying distance is short, rain commonly occurs in Lukla while the sun is shining brightly in Kathmandu. High winds, cloud cover and changing visibility often mean flights can be delayed or the airport closed completely. The airport is contained within a chain link fence and patrolled by the Nepal armed police or civil police around the clock. Lukla Airport is the usual jumping off spot for those adventurers that are heading off to tackle Everest. The pilots flying into and out of Lukla are adventurers in their own right, for just landing and taking off out of this place! The airport's paved asphalt runway is only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing, short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, such as the De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter or Dornier Do 228. Tara Air also operates two ...
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Lukla plane landing - Tenzing-Hillary Airport Nepal - World's most dangerous airport [01:17]
Lukla plane landing - Tenzing-Hillary Airport Nepal - World's most dangerous airport This video documents the journey of two mates landing at the world's most dangerous airport in Nepal. The flight runs from Kathmandu to Lukla, the destination where many Himalayan treks originate from. The turbulent flight ends with a spectacular landing, and two blokes totally shitting themselves. "Raw Traveller - A pissweak attempt at making raw travel video look semi professional"
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