Talk:Tenzing-Hillary Airport

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Hi, I made this article, and im would like to join a Wiki Airport Project if there is one, which my objective is to have a page for every airport on earth, with a Airport Infobox. Most of the information is perfectly accurate, and some thing may be slightly of, because my resources weren't perfectly clear, but still mainly accurate. I would really like it if anyone has any images of this airport to upload it as 'Lukla Airport.jpg' to wikipedia or commons and edit it into the page by adding a image line like this - of course replacing the ( with {

((Airport title|name=Lukla Airport|)) ((Airport image|airport_image=Lukla Airport.jpg)) ((Airport infobox|

Thanks Tom 12:47, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Tom, I've included an image of the air strip - it's OK I guess, although I'm sure someone has a better one. Cheers Chris 03:25, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * thx heaps chris, though maybe someone might have a current one with the paved tarmac, but thx nyway, better tyhan nothing:) - i didn't think anyone would have one at all!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.32.18 (talk) 10:37, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * No worries Tom. There is a nice image at http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/79639/13d2d6/ with the tarmac (I didn't know it had been sealed until I read your article) but of course it's not our image to put up, is it? :) Cheers, Chris 00:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't no what the copyright status is on that one, though it's a fantastic image!! I think we should just wait until another Wikipedia Member uploads there own photograph, as yours is pretty good for now, but thx for putting effort into looking for a rly good one:) Tom 10:17, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Style
Some of those paragraphs are clearly either lifted from a travel advice pamphlet, or at least written for a traveler (not an encyclopedia reader). Clearly this needs to change.67.193.243.245 (talk) 20:53, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Highest airports
The article states that Lukla is the 3rd highest Airport, but omits to list Lhasa (3569.5m) as higher. I suspect there are more airports above 3000m. rgds, AB 95.91.147.161 (talk) 10:35, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


 * You suspect right! Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport at 3,256m is another airport at a higher altitude. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.225.109.136 (talk) 08:35, 8 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Another higher airport is Lake County Airport, Colorado USA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_County_Airport_(Colorado) Us nrd (talk) 14:35, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Incidents and accidents
All incidents should bee registrated. Even if the plane returns back to departure airports because of bad weather. This informaion have been removed several times by outhers.
 * 24 August 2010 A plane from Kathmandu to Lukla crashed after returning back to Kathmandu. The aircraft was flying to the Everest region of Nepal from Kathmandu when it was diverted back to the capital because of poor weather.  90.224.188.19 (talk) 18:35, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

History of Lukla Airport: selection of site, date of first use, first person to land there.
With regard to the history of Lukla Airport, does anyone have information with regard to who selected this site for the airport; when was it first used and who was the first pilot to land there using which aircraft? I was looking for this info but was unable to find it. Please enlighten me on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.199.253.6 (talk) 00:47, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The airport was built in 1964 by the Himalayan Trust. Source: http://www.himalayantrust.org/emergency.php --84.143.23.129 (talk) 11:00, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It'd be great if someone could put this in the article - it says that the airport was renamed in 2008, but doesn't say when it was opened. 46.208.70.20 (talk) 18:23, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are needed for

Google Maps satellite: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lukla+Airport,+Lukla,+Nepal&hl=de&sll=27.850005,85.917206&sspn=1.013865,1.708374&vpsrc=0&t=h&z=17

—195.144.18.254 (talk) 18:54, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That Google Maps location matches the coordinates present in the article. What do you perceive as an error? Deor (talk) 19:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

One or two runways?
"The single runway is" ... "Aircraft can only use runway 06 for landings and runway 24 for takeoffs." As per runway, a single physical runway may have two names, depending on the direction of travel. Is a link to runway in the article sufficient, or should an explanation be added to clarify what looks like a contradiction to the casual reader? --DavidBiesack (talk) 02:57, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I've removed the word 'single', it's really not required as 'runway' is already singular. Pol430   talk to me  17:51, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

"2,000m Drop" at end of runway
Article says airfield elevation is 2,800m. It's not possible (ok, it is possible - but highly unlikely) to have a 2,000m drop at the end of the runway into the valley. Maybe it should read that "...there is a drop-off to the valley below at 2,000m." I can't correct, because I do not know the correct height of the drop-off. Someone, please correct. Farawayman (talk) 22:55, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * As there is no source to verify the depth of the drop, I have removed the figure entirely. Pol430   talk to me  10:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Airport data
The airport data in this article is outdated.

The runway dimension is 527 m by 30 m (1728 ft x 100 ft) with a gradient of 11.7% upslope in rwy 06 direction. The Airport reference point is at 27° 41' 16" N, 086° 43' 53" E. The elevation of the ARP is 2846 m or 9334 ft. The only service offered is Aerodrome Flight Information Service on VHF.

Sources: Have a look at http://www.caanepal.org.np/publication/CaanReport2011-2012.pdf, page 47 or http://www.caanepal.org.np/Notices/tiaip/National%20Airports%20Plan%20-%20Diagnosis.pdf, page 41.

The drop at the end of runway 24 is approximately 2000 ft or 600 m. No reliable source for that. --84.143.23.129 (talk) 10:31, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

11.7% of 527m is about 62m. Are you saying that the upslope end of the runway is 62m higher than the downslope? That steepness of slope is hard to walk up. Perhaps it should be 1.7%? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.30.62 (talk) 03:03, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Your calculations presume that the gradient of the runway applies to the entire length of the runway, which it does not. Bellerophon talk to me  08:10, 7 March 2015 (UTC)