Phaplu Airport is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda serving

Solukhumbu District Solukhumbu District ( ne, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumbu. ...

, a district in Province No. 1 in

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History

The airport was opened in October 1976 and later broadened by

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to accommodate

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aircraft. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal shut down the airport in 2013 in order to pave the runway. The airport reopened one year later with a full blacktopped runway.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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of above

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. It has one

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which is in length. As the airport lies within the approach of Lukla Airport, flights en route to Lukla often get diverted to Phaplu Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Gallery

File:Flughafen Phaplu.jpg, Phaplu Airport File:Check-In am Flughafen Phaplu.jpg, Check-in at Phaplu Airport File:De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 9N-ABT landet auf dem Flughafen Phaplu.jpg, De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 9N-ABT landing at Phaplu Airport

References

External links

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Landing in Phaphlu - Nepal
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Phaplu Landing
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Airplane takeoff from Phaplu, Nepal
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