Phaplu Airport

Phaplu Airport (विमानस्थल फाप्लु, ) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal.

History
The airport was opened in October 1976 and later broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommodate DHC-6 Twin Otter 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 elevation of 7918 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 671 m in length.

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