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Tenzing-Hillary Airport , also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla,〔 in Khumbu, Solukhumbu district, Sagarmatha zone, eastern Nepal. A program titled ''Most Extreme Airports'', broadcast on The History Channel in 2010, rated the airport as the most dangerous airport in the world.〔''Most Extreme Airports''; The History Channel; 26 August 2010.〕 In January 2008 the airport was renamed in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest and also to mark their efforts in the construction of this airport. The airport is popular because Lukla is the place where most people start the climb to Mount Everest Base Camp. There are daily flights between Lukla and Kathmandu during daylight hours in good weather. Although the flying distance is short, rain commonly occurs in Lukla while the sun is shining brightly in Kathmandu. High winds, cloud cover, and changing visibility often mean flights can be delayed or the airport closed. The airport is contained within a chain link fence and patrolled by the Nepali armed police or civil police around the clock.〔 ==Facilities== The airport's paved asphalt runway is accessible only to helicopters and small, fixed-wing, short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft such as the De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Dornier Do 228 and Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter. The runway is × with a 11.7% gradient. The airport's elevation is .〔 The airport is not only used for passenger flights, as most of the roofs on the houses at Lukla have to be transported by aircraft. Aircraft can use runway 06 only for landings and runway 24 only for takeoffs. There is no prospect of a successful go-around on short final due to the terrain. There is high terrain immediately beyond the northern end of the runway and a steeply angled drop at the southern end of the runway into the valley below. The apron has four stands and there is one helipad located from the control tower. No landing aids are available and the only air traffic service is an Aerodrome Flight Information Service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tenzing-Hillary Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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