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Tue, 15 Jan 2008
STOL and rotorcraft only
 

The runway is short (1,500 ft) at high elevation (over 9,000 ft), so the airport is accessible only to helicopters and to STOL aircraft like Twin Otters.

Tue, 15 Jan 2008
Airport to be renamed
 

The Nepal government plans to rename the airport in honour of Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, the first people to climb Mt. Everest (the airport serves Everest).

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