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TRAVEL BLOG
2.11.08
Introducing Tenzing Hillary Airport
The airport closest to Mount Everest, previously known as Lukla airstrip, will now be called Tenzing Hillary Airport in honor of the first climbers to summit Everest, the Nepalese government announced. Sir Edmund Hillary died last month; Tenzing Norgay died in 1986. Most visitors to Everest land at the airstrip. “It is a dramatic introduction,” the BBC notes, “as the plane has to drop steeply between the mountains and then lands on a runway which slopes steeply upwards.” YouTube has some great video.
Here’s footage of the approach. Note the relief on passengers’ faces after landing:
And here’s a terrific short clip of a plane taking off, complete with one onlooker’s “I can’t believe it!”
Wow, I really want to go there but that looks pretty scary. Although, if you’re going to Mt. Everest you probably shouldn’t be scared of anything at all. Maybe someday I’ll muster the guts to get there.
The airport closest to Mount Everest, previously known as Lukla airstrip, will now be called Tenzing Hillary Airport in honor of the first climbers to summit Everest, the Nepalese government announced. Sir Edmund Hillary died 
