{"id":713,"date":"2015-04-17T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nepflights.com\/blog\/?p=713"},"modified":"2022-04-07T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T09:25:15","slug":"lukla-airport-is-the-worlds-most-extreme-runways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepflights.com\/blog\/domestic-airline\/lukla-airport-is-the-worlds-most-extreme-runways\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC says Lukla Airport is The World&#8217;s Most Extreme Runways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt, people know Nepal for the most danger airport. The Tenzing Hillary Airport also known as Lukla airport is consider the most trilling airport which is the way to Everest Base Camp.<\/p>\n<p>Recently BBC published the article listing The World&#8217;s Most Extreme Runways.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal\u2019s Tenzing Hillary Airport \u00a0is built for adventurers. Tucked high in the Himalayan town of Lukla, the airport\u2019s 460m runway has a steep 12% incline, making it only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing planes. To the north of the runway, there are mountains, and to the south is a steep, nearly 600m drop, leaving absolutely no room for error.<\/p>\n<p>Read this news in bbc here<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20150331-the-worlds-most-extreme-runways?ocid=fbtvl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20150331-the-worlds-most-extreme-runways?ocid=fbtvl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20150331-the-worlds-most-extreme-runways?ocid=fbtvl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt, people know Nepal for the most danger airport. The Tenzing Hillary Airport also known as Lukla airport is consider the most trilling airport which is the way to Everest Base Camp. Recently BBC published the article listing The World&#8217;s Most Extreme Runways. Nepal\u2019s Tenzing Hillary Airport \u00a0is built for adventurers. 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