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Lukla airport Mount Everest - Scary cockpit inside view
- Published_at:2013-01-06
- Category:Travel & Events
- Channel:Peter Behrbohm
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- description: For complete classic Everest trekking see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2U0pNejU8o Read article (in German): http://www.zwp-online.info/archiv/pub/sim/fa/2012/fa0212/fa0212_60_64_reisebericht.pdf For Everest North see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TgFJbRjX2s Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla (2.860m) is certainly one of the more dangerous airports in the world. The sloped runway has been constructed by Edmund Hillary in 1964. In 2001 the once stony airstrip was surfaced with tarmac. It ends with a mountainside, meaning that there are no go arounds, no second chances. During the trekking and climbing season domestic airlines operate up to 50 flights daily via that altiport. Lukla is gateway and starting place for most trekkers and climbers heading for the Mount Everest region in the Khumbu. The 30 minute flight from or to Kathmandu is an alternative to an one week hike via Jiri. The airport has a dangerous approach through deep valleys which can only be performed by specially certified pilots. The airstrip is 450m long and 20m wide. It has a gradient of 12% in order to help slow landing aircraft. Due to the high terrain immediately after the northeastern end of the runway go-around procedure on landing is not an option. To abort take-off is difficult as a steeply angled drop, of about 2,000 feet (610 m) at the southwestern end of the runway, runs into the valley below. Due to high winds, cloud cover and changing visibility flights can be delayed or the airport has to be closed completely.
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