Landing on the runway that goes uphill means you have to flare in a completely different way.
They soon learned that anything you do at this altitude needs to be planned and considered. Combine this with the fact the airport is of course closed a lot due to weather and you will understand why it can be as busy as it is.įlying into Lukla is dangerous and complex in perfect weather, most of our beta testers underestimated it and the hill side was soon covered in burning wrecks. It is also the highest airport with scheduled airline flights in the word. It can really be a very, very busy airport. If anyone can top that, go for it and I'll fly it.Lukla airport owes its existence to the fact it is located close to Mount Everest and that most climbers use it as the first station in the attempt to scale this massive mountain.ĭuring the climbing season, October/November, the small aircraft (mostly Twin Otters) have to be off the airport in 15 minutes because there are only 4 parking spaces and there are probably other Twin Otters circling to land. Runway length: 15,000ft, terrain at one end: 2,500 ft cliff, down. Speed on final is very high, about 180 kts. More figure eights coming down over the runway, each time lower and the last approach leg is a 45% inbound leg to 400ft, then right to rwy heading, then down to runway.
You will see that it is particularly awful. I will try to get the plate and then put it on the thread. The worst approach is still in South America. On touchdown, get the nosewheel down asap and apply full reverse, full autobrake, full toebrake, get to under 60 kts by TDZE rwy20.you will be able to come to full stop just prior to end of runway. The PF has to be heads up all the way through the turn, the PNF must be calling the speed and the winds so the PF has the correct information to apply or reduce power. You should be fully configured and at your Vref +5 (landing speed) + 10kts before you start the turn (gear down, flap40, autobrakemax). You should be at 800ft going over the beach in front of Sugar Loaf heading 080, continuing left turn rolling onto course 020 at 400ft at 1 mile to TDZE02. I've done the NDB02 approach at SBRJ, downwind leg 1000ft, heading 200, start your turn just after the hill.
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