Would you board a flight knowing the runway ends at a cliff’s edge? Welcome to Lukla Airport (Tenzing-Hillary Airport) in Nepal—a place where landing feels more like a daredevil stunt than a routine ...

Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu, Solukhumbu District, Nepal. (Getty) Lukla Airport, known officially as Tenzing Hillary Airport ...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted a number of videos depicting airplanes taking off at breakneck speed and astounding angles. From an F-16 Fighter Jet climbing 15,000 feet in 20 seconds to a ...

Scan the feedback section of travel sites: they are full of laments from frustrated trekkers stuck at Lukla’s Tenzing-Hillary Airport waiting days on end for flights out. After having descended from ...

Not just any aircraft can overcome the unique challenges that the Tenzing Hillary Airport, also referred to as the Lukla Airport, presents. Known as the one of the essential destinations along the way ...

A small aircraft crashed and went up in flames on Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport Lukla, near Mt. Everst. 18 people were killed, including 16 tourists from ...

As a point of entry and exit for a country, airports serve a vital function for passengers and travelers. Alongside people, airports also facilitate the movement of international cargo, which includes ...

The tiny airport in Lukla, Nepal has been hailed as the most dangerous airport in the world by Conde Nast Traveler and has even been put to the test. See also: World's busiest airports revealed See ...

The death of three people in a plane crash in Nepal has shone a spotlight once again on the airport used by hikers to reach the foothills of Mount Everest, and often labelled the most dangerous in the ...

It’s a 40-minute flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to the village of Lukla. That seems like a simple trip, until you consider it's 40 minutes of mountain-dodging, white-knuckling, flying in a small plane ...