Phaplu Airport विमानस्थल फाप्लु | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Nepal | ||||||||||
Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal | ||||||||||
Serves | Solu Dudhkunda and Solukhumbu District, Nepal | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 7,918 ft / 2,413 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°31′05″N 086°35′04″E / 27.51806°N 86.58444°E | ||||||||||
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Phaplu Airport ( Nepali: विमानस्थल फाप्लु, IATA: PPL, ICAO: VNPL) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda [1] serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. [3]
The airport was opened in October 1976 [2] and later[ when?] broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommodate DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. [4] The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal shut down the airport in 2013 in order to pave the runway. [5] The airport reopened one year later with a full blacktopped runway. [3]
The airport resides at an elevation of 7,918 feet (2,413 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 671 metres (2,201 ft) in length. [1]
As the airport lies within the approach of Lukla Airport, flights en route to Lukla often get diverted to Phaplu Airport. [6]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Nepal Airlines | Kathmandu [7] |
Sita Air | Charter: Kathmandu [8] |
Summit Air | Kathmandu [9] |
Tara Air |
Kathmandu
[10] Charter: Lukla |
Phaplu Airport विमानस्थल फाप्लु | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Nepal | ||||||||||
Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal | ||||||||||
Serves | Solu Dudhkunda and Solukhumbu District, Nepal | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 7,918 ft / 2,413 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°31′05″N 086°35′04″E / 27.51806°N 86.58444°E | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Phaplu Airport ( Nepali: विमानस्थल फाप्लु, IATA: PPL, ICAO: VNPL) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda [1] serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. [3]
The airport was opened in October 1976 [2] and later[ when?] broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommodate DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. [4] The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal shut down the airport in 2013 in order to pave the runway. [5] The airport reopened one year later with a full blacktopped runway. [3]
The airport resides at an elevation of 7,918 feet (2,413 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 671 metres (2,201 ft) in length. [1]
As the airport lies within the approach of Lukla Airport, flights en route to Lukla often get diverted to Phaplu Airport. [6]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Nepal Airlines | Kathmandu [7] |
Sita Air | Charter: Kathmandu [8] |
Summit Air | Kathmandu [9] |
Tara Air |
Kathmandu
[10] Charter: Lukla |