Landings and Takeoffs at Lukla Airport (2800m) - New High definition footage

[@jayelink1241]

I flew out of Lukla in early 1979. Grass strip, fewer than ten buildings. Same gut-wrenching take-off. I weighed 125 pounds, next to nothing for me. essentially starving. My backpack frame hit my pelvic bones hard, as my ass cushion was gone. I'd spent a month on the Everest trek, walking in from Lamsangu on the traditional route. I made side trips to Chialsa and spent time with Tibetans, among the nicest people you could imagine. Unfortunately I was there during their New Year celebrations, and they ignored me in favor of partying. It was tough getting any thing to eat! At Namche Bazaar I had my first shower in more than two weeks. It cost me a dollar, about half what a "hotel" room' did. I was happy to pay, as hot water was a sheer luxury. Namche's at about 12,000 feet. It took two-three days to get to the toe of the Khumbu Glacier, at about 15,000 ft. Even with all the time I'd spent acclimatizing, you had to take it slow and easy to deal with the altitude. There were NO trekkers at Base Camp, only a few Nepalese advance-team arrivals from a Yugoslav expedition that was also taking on Ama Dablam. I was advised not to go there, as even all you could really see was a pile of garbage left behind by previous expeditions. After walking about 4 miles along the edge of the Khumbu glacier, I spent an afternoon with one American and one local guide at Kala Pattar, at about 18,500 feet, in perfect weather. At that point, having reached my goal and losing more than a pound a day, I set out for Namche, reaching it in one day, and down to Lukla, the next. I was done!! When our Lukla plane started descending into the clouds as it approached the Kathmandu valley, I took one last look at the mountains seemingly levitating above them, and came close to tears as they disappeared into the mist. I knew even then, that I had just ended an adventure of a life-time.

[@massimolettuce]

Jay Elink my respects, sir.

[@basicallystupid7080]

@Gerald Chandler shut up lol

[@maxon1672]

Incredible story!

[@SailingEderra666]

i am ralf

[@mrashid3643]

Fantastic video. One of the best of Lukla Airport traffic.

[@javacup912]

Nice to see a new video, and with so much detail of this great airport with views not seen before (by me anyway). Nice to see so many Dornier 228 getting in and out, as well as a few Twin Otters. Thanks for sharing.

[@lqsaaviation988]

1:12 what a landing! LOL

[@urmeniamu]

That's what I thought 🤣 More like, 'Fuck me. I'm gonna land it anyhow.. (which is mandatory as well or else wall kissing is inevitable).

[@blazeash2951]

Lol saw that too

[@adarshaneupane509]

Best lukla airport video on KZbin

[@JohnComley]

Some of the best camerawork at Lukla! Fantastic.

[@FSEVENMAN]

Wow that was beautiful HD footage nice job thanks for sharing

[@zka77]

A co-worker of mine has been here last year. Whatever happens, you WILL fly at the end of the runway.

[@HelloMyNamesNino]

and you're definitely landing on the way in. guaranteed.

[@codeine1717]

@@HelloMyNamesNino i dont think do kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2nZn2efLKrpdk

[@capnskiddies]

.... If even for a little while

[@petermuller5800]

Take off is not a problem in Lukla. Landing is a challenge, especially since there's no room for go around once you're over the runway threshold.

[@jeffwarner2266]

Fantastic video! Superb clarity!

[@sunilsatawlekar3972]

Great footage, Bryce! Thanks for the fresh HD videos; and you have really taken some efforts to capture those marvelous angles we so far only desired to see... Thanks.

[@bryceplankow9546]

+Sunil Satawlekar Thanks!

[@planeguybryce]

Thanks lol

[@johndoyle4723]

Amazing skill of the pilots, I have landed here a few times. On take off V1 is almost the second you start to roll,you are committed, and V2 is very close to the end of the strip,very scary, and exciting. Landing is total commitment, no second chance, the end of the strip is a wall, and rock face.

[@sh1904]

John Doyle It's a well known fact that landing is a total commitment, but have you seen the recent video of a go-around well after crossing the runway threshold? The pilot banked hard and low to the left to avoid the mountains and I think diverted back to Kathmandu. Scared the shit out of me just looking at the video Will post the link here if I have time Cheers

[@carlosc3460]

It's a pretty good video although i see the pilot started the go around just before crossing the threshold and made the left turn. A few seconds late and it'd be a different story

[@believeachieve2847]

INCREDIBLE DETAIL! absolutely AMAZING vid bro!!!!

[@fastfiddler1625]

2:42 right on the numbers and the nose wheel glued to the center line. You don't get much better than that.

[@dhurbagurung2667]

This airport is like a aircraft carrier. .landing and take off is very challenging

[@roshankathayat7005]

In aircraft carrier, at least you can go around, but in Lukla, you can't

[@titan133760]

@@roshankathayat7005 And unlike an aircraft carrier, there are no catapult systems and arresting cables

[@philipmartin708]

Very good video. Many perspectives. Great camera work . Great job. Thanks.

[@electiceelv]

Fantastic coverage of take offs and landings on the most dangerous airport in the world.

[@TenzingLamaSherpa]

These shots are amazing!!!!!

[@ronnykurniawan6917]

those pilots has talent...

[@soumyaneelmukherjee11b58]

Yeah

[@anibalmejia3946]

*Those pilots have talent. Please learn grammar, no offense though.

[@gflint1529]

Bryce, you have really done a super fine job on this footage! The area where you are along the RWY was great choice. As an old veteran of that field your's are some of the best that I have seen. Can you tell us what device or camera you used for the this film? Thanks again!

[@raymondgoubet]

By far the best video of Lukla!

[@TheFlightLevel]

Outstanding plane spotting!

[@Samuraixkenshin_]

Butter landing

[@mtvtravel9126]

very nice video. Can i use screen shot please????

[@petr-podrouzek]

Yes, fantastic !! :-) I've been there twice :-)

[@a320nick]

Great video!! 🙂🇬🇧

[@Planefan1000]

Fact: Sir Edmund Hillary actually helped in the construction of this airport. It is officially called "Tenzing Hillary Airport".

[@danstrayer111]

check out the dry-stacked stone house at 3:11

[@roboko6618]

I swear the twin otter just makes those landings look like a breeze

[@YASIRALIVIRK]

Fantastic

[@mrr4979]

Wowowww..2 55 .dc6 hit afterburner during departures

[@nakqalzaki]

I hope one day I can go here. The scenery is breathtaking, lucky for those who have been there.

[@patriciodejesusduvalreboll2364]

Me gustaria conocer este hermoso lugar me gusta son de ECUADOR AMERICA DES SUR

[@EpicSauce12345]

Yep I will be taking the helicopter to this airport please lololol

[@tyreekmurillo4524]

hahahahaha

[@tmkongen]

Grow a pair will u!

[@dharmeshpanchal9334]

I like this video very much lukma air port also nice

[@Strazman]

Wow what kind of planes are these? Most of them seem to be dual prop, but their fuselage design has me stumped.

[@AXgamesoft.Official]

Dornier and Twin Otter.

[@stewartcaldwell5299]

@@AXgamesoft.Official Dornier is a 228 ,Twin Otter is a Dehavilland DH6.

[@scheduller763]

This Twin Otter airplain looks like very good one

[@Happytylermovieproducction]

this airport is unusual! No Go Around!

[@pascoalnadador]

Si eu consegui se ir nesse local só pra dar um tempo e ver essas decolagens e aterrizagens pra mim seria um grande passeio...na vida pra sempre.

[@midwestsirens]

Man, those little buggers are LOUD!

[@rennyfield3217]

I remember flying into this airport and thinking for sure we were going to hit the wall at the back. Didn’t realised the runway sloped upwards…!

[@carlosc3460]

I just feel the need of taking off and landing here. I wonder if you lose both engines after lift off, would you glide to the bottom and find a suitable terrain?

[@diwasholi7235]

This is a great vedio!!!!!!!

[@pravasharyal3027]

Perfect video

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I bought the Lukla X - Mount Everest addon for FSX. I also have Active Sky for the weather and I bought the PMDG Jetstream 41 turboprop plane. That is as close to real as I can get. The trick is to have everything done ahead of touchdown. If you're fucking around with lights or the radio or anything else other than flying, you will smear yourself all over the mountain side. And the time of day really makes a difference. I have mine set to the real world conditions and the early evening is the best time. No sun in your face and the winds are calmer. I would never fly there in real life though. Too chicken shit.

[@fractuss]

Nice editing.

[@jayunited100]

amazing pilot skills

[@hratchazadian1148]

Dr. Peck, I hope this video will enlighten you for a trip that you did not make. This will make you feel like that you have made the trip and the trill that you deserve to experience. I am wishing you all the best.. Your friend forever, Hratch Azadian

[@Kevin-yh8ol]

Ever tried landing a B747 there in flight simulator? :P

[@Kevin-yh8ol]

Matthew Tiburcio sorry, I din't play in ultra high settings :P

[@sumanrai7629]

Kevin Arnold

[@eilia2228]

YUP

[@nocalsteve]

I once tried to fly there at night. I clearly hadn’t thought it through.

[@jospi2]

What kind of plane is it at 0:35?

[@nicgeld]

Dornier 228

[@jospi2]

Reading through the comments it seems to be an Let 410. It doesn't have the boxy shape of the Dornier 228.

[@nicgeld]

jospi2 ah you might be correct! The sun makes it difficult to see the aircraft's curves.

[@sagunoverseas421]

POLISH BUILT LET 410

[@nicgeld]

LET is Czech, not Polish.

[@spottersskuc4516]

y el 99 suscrito y de verdad que me encanto el aeropuerto asi sea pequeño y peligroso pero es super cool

[@matteo_oz3557]

What kind of aircraft is at the last take of?

[@ChitaHD]

It’s Let L-410

[@mjcruiser4238]

Too bad they can’t have a direct flight to St Barts!

[@sree4551]

Is this the only airport which take off and landing will be done in opposite directions??

[@fritz46]

No. There are several airports like this (called "altiports") in France, for example.

[@eviits]

The runway may be short, but it looks like the pilots have mastered it so to me at least it doesn't look particularly dangerous or dramatic. Nice scenery though.

[@petr-podrouzek]

Good work :-)

[@largesoda1729]

The helicopter is cheating XD

[@anibalmejia3946]

Honestly, I really don’t find this funny, I mean what else would you expect for a helicopter to do? Scratch it’s whatever the little tubes are called through the runway and put its noes 10° on the air? well that would make it stalk to the ground and kill a lot of people, what what? Okay you know what I’m waisting time here, you know, I’m sorry for that speech, but it was okay, I just wanna clear stuff out of it make sense.

[@JinxProLuhut]

@@anibalmejia3946 ok. But do you need to be offended by that ?

[@RottenFlesh-we6nu]

@@anibalmejia3946 you dont have much sence of humor then.

[@AviatorAS777]

Its like landing on an aircraft carrier!!!

[@mjcruiser4238]

Too bad there isn’t a flight between here and St Bart’s!😷

[@roshankathayat7005]

that's stupid

[@ZK-APA]

roshan kathayat you didn't get the reference.

[@roshankathayat7005]

@@ZK-APA ooh i get it 😅 thanks m8

[@hasanhanzalah9799]

pilot : going around lukla ATC : OK and cleared to die

[@blazeash2951]

ATC: ok..have a nice one lol

[@gngyjmmkithjkrthjorg]

I took off from lukla in a c5m super galaxy in FSX. #FSX logic.

[@nonnobissolum]

I know, right?! Loved playing around with different aircraft in/out of Lukla on FSX. I think my favorites were A-10 and E-6, but the heavies were fun, too. Taking off with those were pretty much driving over the side of the cliff/end of the runway and then just "falling" down a valley glidepath until you actually got enough airspeed to really "fly." Good times!

[@sujal6301]

which game ..... ......... ...............

[@SuperKrazyVids]

messi simkhada fsx or flight simulator.X (10)

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

how did you land it ahahahah

[@marioyuc95]

Awefull edition

[@dmimcg]

Are those modified STOL planes?

[@bryceplankow9546]

+Donovan Moore I don't think they are modified. They are used all over the world.

[@the_disabled_gamer2832]

+Donovan Moore No they are not modified at all, they were designed solely for short field takeoffs and landings and are used worldwide, hope this helps.

[@danniepushkin5849]

your face is modified!

[@dmimcg]

You are but what am I.

[@HelloMyNamesNino]

heading there in April (so long as coronavirus doesn't ruin things!)

[@4games2gamers]

5 stars video

[@Abdo-ob7tt]

I have been there twice.

[@الال-ك4ط2ز]

وين المطار في اي دوله

[@cruisemissle87]

I see mountain airport, I like mountain airport.

[@李建兴-j8r]

这是一次只许成功不许失败的旅行，真的很伟大，每次降落，都有掌声

2.800 m de altura! A pista não parece ter mais do que 500 metros de extensão.

[@Joliv23]

Dados indicam que tem 527 m por 20 m de largura (link no fim deste comentário), com 12% de inclinação, quase sem nenhum apoio de solo, a não ser um radio operador na estação de passageiros. Grandes países poderiam se unir e doar ao Nepal um mínimo de instrumentos de apoio e bancar o custo da manutenção, treinar operadores, de forma a manter um mínimo de segurança nos pousos e decolagens em Lukla. www.caanepal.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TENZING-HILLARY-AIRPORT.pdf

[@cito1101]

landing from 1:10 to 1:16 is a very hard landing

[@antonwvt]

If you try to flare you crash into the mountain so......

[@givmi_more_w9251]

+Anton Westrick I don't think it's about the flare, to me it looked like it did actually flare. Looked not too hard though. But at this airport, you wanna touch down as soon as possible once over the threshold. Soft landings from a position like that in the video usually require more runway, as far as I know ... which can be tolerated if you're landing on a 4000m-runway with no concrete wall on the end. Here ... well.

[@tolgahan-aviationgames6960]

Cito Browne tailstrike

[@zemetrius]

still prefer the dhc6 twin otter landing/takeoffs.

[@dhaya19]

amazing pilots!

[@wilfredotour3]

Nice video. But it feels like you cut the scenes too much.

[@ferrariLaw]

👍👍👍

[@youtubevideos219]

Let 410 nice!

[@SuperVinceybaby]

HD was made for this Airport...now let's see some incidents ...btw Nepal needs to open up to foreign investment

[@Joliv23]

I think that the countries with a big economy, should donate financial and professional support, to Nepal get a more secure and operational airport at Lukla, and install there a minimum of good electronics support to landing and takeoff with more security.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Definitely learn the meaning of COMMIT!!!

[@blazeash2951]

No second chance lol

[@kazitanvir7833]

if any one willing to see Front Door of the hell, plz go to lukala ariport

[@boboutelama5748]

Why are they so much planes around for such a small airfield ? This is insane.

[@SHIIKHAR]

because its a gateway for Everest and you either walk for a week or fly in . thousands of foreigners comes annually .

[@nishakhadka7468]

✌

[@tyreekmurillo4524]

i don't like the way those dorniers handle. they seem too fast and heavy to be landing and taking off at lukla

[@TXLorenzo]

Its called air density (or lack of it). When you are at altitude, your stall speed increases significantly, therefore you have to maintain a higher than normal airspeed approach in order to land. Everything about this airport works against the pilot, high altitiude, high stall speed and short runway, not for the feint of heart. You have to be on your best game everyday with this one.

[@tyreekmurillo4524]

yea i understand that but the twin otters just handle way better

[@TXLorenzo]

Even though the twin otters may handle better, it still does not alter the basic physics of having to land faster than normal with a full load at altitude.

[@tyreekmurillo4524]

+TXLorenzo yea what I'm saying is that dense air or not the dornier doesn't perform as well as the twin otter when it comes to short field operations

[@danniepushkin5849]

that would be - correct!

[@psoteriou3884]

Like to see A380 land here

[@soumyaneelmukherjee11b58]

It is not possible to land an A380 in Lukla Airport.

[@frontcentermusician]

Thank god for reversers

[@Abdo-ob7tt]

i was there last summer 2016

[@graylobo133]

No one gives a fk!

[@Abdo-ob7tt]

graylobo133 what do you mean

[@frontcentermusician]

I was somewhere too...

[@justtube4602]

God promise bros! I have never been on any aeroplane during my entire life time due to financial crisis but me always dreaming & thinking to ride once in my lifetime on any aeroplane once after getting blessings from my viewers help and support on youtube by learning by doing! God knows when this great dream will come true! I am ashamed of myself & so sorry to say this..............sorry!!!

[@박병문-h8k]

루크라공항 ........ 불안.초조.긴장의 연속 ..... 한번뜨고내리는데 ...5년은 감수합니다 그래도 그립군요...

[@CAG2]

Land at the start if the runway or you're toast.

[@sylviaelse5086]

I would not be flying in a single engined aircraft out of this airport. A PC-12 can glide a long way, but I can't see anything suitable for a forced landing within a plausible gliding distance.

[@Y2Kvids]

A plane had crashed at the same big stone that you can see at the end of runway

[@lbcspotter]

An Do228 Airport..

[@sheldonlatimer5911]

How do the people living in those houses get any peace and quite time , all day long when do they sleep

[@nitrosan-don9998]

at night

[@fishey4261]

Only planes with 32 (or more) Inch Tires Should be allowed to Land Here

[@charlieproctor6533]

accident at HILLARY AIRPORT. Plane looses control on tack off hits helicopter

[@casabarrios5837]

Aviones ultralivianos

[@UjanShrestha]

Mosquitoes like planes are landing on hill... 😜😜

[@kthapa9697]

Hii

[@matthewholland4232]

Amazing pilots. However I will be adding that to my list of never to fly into airports...

[@bigfoot2443]

Double scene

[@sandippathak9920]

2 helicopters are cheating🤔🤔

[@aliaster9742]

pilot cannot go around

[@jamaansalamahallugmani7101]

حاولت لف 🌍 العالم 🌍 ✈ العالم 🌍 عالم 🌐 و كل العالم 🌍 مطار لوكلا خطير والاخطر افرست...جمعان سلامه اللقماني ابوبندر الحربي مكه المكرمة والمدينة المنورة.