Lukla Nepal, The Most Dangerous Airport in the World?

Is the Lukla Airport the most dangerous in the world? The runway is only be 500 meters long, and there's no fancy radar to help planes land...but this airport beautiful! If you're planning on doing any trekking in the Everest region, there's a good chance you'll be flying into Lukla. Don't worry, embrace the beauty of it. *Pro tip, sit on the left side flying into Lukla, and the right side flying out, the views of the Himalayas are incredible!

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[jillkramer]

So interesting. I flew out of Lukla in 1982, and still remember that thrilling take off. Lukla was very small back then. So it was amazing to see the difference. In 1982, we hiked all the way up to Lukla from the road, then onto Everest basecamp. It was a trip of a lifetime for sure.

[avashgiri]

After 3 years who is watching this is a legend

[easylife]

I had no idea you've done this trip!! Its my #1 bucket list. I have a patients daughter who takes her students there every year and so we've been talking almost daily about Napal.

[alfonsoportugal]

This is by far the coolest video I've ever seen of Lukla airport. Thanks for sharing!!

[gary]

In 1982 I hiked 10 days in from Lamasungu after the bus ride from Kathmandu, but decided to fly out of Lukla to get back to Kathmandu. Had enough hiking after another two week trek to Kala Patar and Base Camp. The runway was an unpaved yak pasture. They sounded an alarm as the plane approached and the herders drove the yaks off the runway. Often times the ground was too muddy from melted snow or rain to land or take off. The airport was sometimes closed for days or even weeks. Trekkers had to hike out during these times. It took about 10 days or so of difficult hiking to get to Kathmandu, but if you had a flight out of the country on a certain date, you had no choice.

[johnwiseman]

I was in India on business at the end of Oct ‘17 and looking for an interesting adventure. After seeing this video several times, I traveled to Kathmandu where I hopped on a tiny plane and flew to Lukla. Took a helicopter flight up by Everest, spent a night in Lukla, then flew back to Kathmandu the next day. Great video - really captures the essence of the place! And luckily I avoided the men’s room, even though I had my own roll in my backpack. As Ryan says at the end - “I love you Nepal”...

[clios]

Hi Ryan, just have to say, you accomplished really something cool with this channel. I came across it by a chance, as I'm watching a lot of videos on the Cho La Pass recently, as we start our track in couple of weeks. Have to say one thing - the whole series of your trek are the best videos on Nepal Trekking I've seen! Thanks for those! Keeping fingers crossed you'll get your travel TV show finally.

[andrerovigatti]

Cool text, nice scenes, wonderful music, I felt there ! Thank you !

[oldlogin]

This is why I love travelling. Even in the dull moments - there's never a dull moment.

[LittleMissCrista]

I was holding my breath through so much of this vlog, haha! The sights were absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Ryan ♥

[dipakbaram]

good to see. Thanks for sharing video and loving Nepal. We Nepalese are eager to welcome you! 😀 Namaste!

[sohanmaharjan]

Nepal is surrounded by beautiful nature .It is god gifted country .

[waltzink]

I skipped flying into Lukla and hiked from Jiri my last time there in 2015. I'll be doing the same this October. Those planes and that air strip scare me to death.

[AviAeroAsis]

Thank you for your visit and the wonderful video.

[darthbleen]

Ryan: Who really wants to wash their hands.
Covid-19: Embrace me son.

[skhlsil]

Thanks man, mindblowing views and somehow made me think that i should put on more work to be able afford those trips.must be fun

[michigannative]

I really enjoyed the video. I appreciate being able to experience something as cool as what you did with out actually having gone. I flew to Australia and in Japan the toilet’s looked the same way?. I waited for the airplane bathroom.
Keep on living the dream and live it up.

[shakuan]

First time looking at this and didn’t even realize it was 6 years old. This he videography and storytelling is amazing ❤️

[randyjorgensen]

I simply can not understand why each video in this series doesn't have an equal number of "likes" to number of views. Simply awesome.

[pikachuthunderbolt]

All this brings back amazing memories. Thankyou for sharing