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Tenzing Hillary Lukla Airport: Gateway to the Himalayas
Tenzing Hillary Lukla Airport, often referred to as the “Gateway to the Himalayas,” is a marvel of aviation engineering, situated at an elevation of 9,383 feet (2,860 meters) in the heart of the Solukhumbu region of Nepal. This remarkable airstrip, named after the legendary mountaineers Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, is a crucial access point…