Phaplu Airport
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Phaplu Airport (Template:Langx, Template:Comma separated entries) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda[1] serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal.[2]
History
The airport was opened in October 1976[3] and laterScript error: No such module "Unsubst". broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommodate DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.[4] The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal shut down the airport in 2013 in order to pave the runway.[5] The airport reopened one year later with a full blacktopped runway.[2]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above mean sea level. It has one runway which is Script error: No such module "convert". in length.[1]
As the airport lies within the approach of Lukla Airport, flights en route to Lukla often get diverted to Phaplu Airport.[6]
Airlines and destinations
Gallery
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Aerial view of Phaplu Airport
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Check-in at Phaplu Airport
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De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 9N-ABT landing at Phaplu Airport
References
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