Airports / Nepal / LUA
Tenzing-Hillary Airport
VNLK / LUALukla, NepalELEV 9,380 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
55 nm
To the nearest alternate
Shigatse Tingri Airport (DDR).
Overview
Tenzing-Hillary Airport, listed as VNLK / LUA, is a mid-sized airport in Lukla, Nepal. The field lies at an elevation of 9,380 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
LUA has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Shigatse Tingri Airport (DDR, 55 nm), Taplejung Airport (TPJ, 55 nm), and Janakpur Airport (JKR, 73 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LUA vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Lukla and Mount Everest. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LUA, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
VNLK
IATA
LUA
FAA / Local
VNLK
Elevation
9,380 ft
Coordinates
27.6868° N · 86.7295° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Nepal fields
state range 236–9,380 ft
At 9,380 ft, LUA sits higher than 89% of the 9 Nepal fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 55nmDDRShigatse Tingri AirportXigazê (Dingri)
- 55nmTPJTaplejung AirportTaplejung
- 73nmJKRJanakpur AirportJanakpur
- 73nmKTMTribhuvan International AirportKathmandu
- 78nmBIRBiratnagar AirportBiratnagar
- 100nmDBRDarbhanga AirportDarbhanga
Location
Open the full mapVNLK · Tenzing-Hillary Airport · Lukla, Nepal