Lukla: 5 Fast Facts About The World’s Most Dangerous Airport

John Krakauer's words, “Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality," encapsulate why thousands of mountaineers and trekkers alike are drawn to the tallest mountain in the world. In this pursuit, their initial journeys aren't marked along the routes that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa took to Lukla. Instead, most travelers opt to fly to this village, which is home to an exceptionally thrilling airport – Lukla, aka The Tenzing Hillary Airport, often dubbed the most dangerous in the world.