Tenzing–Hillary Airport in eastern Nepal, also known as Lukla Airport, is notorious for being the world's most dangerous airport. Despite this, the airport is popular due to it's proximity to Katmandu, where most climbers begin their ascent up Mount Everest.

Lukla Airport, at 2,845m above sea level in eastern Nepal, is the gateway to the Everest region, with the growing popularity of trekking and climbing up and around the world's highest mountain leading to traffic at the tiny airport soaring in recent years.