| Syangboche Airport | |
| Iata: | SYH |
| Icao: | VNSB |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Nepal |
| Pushpin Label: | Syangboche Airport |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Government of Nepal |
| Operator: | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal |
| City-Served: | Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, Nepal |
| Elevation-F: | 12,402 |
| Elevation-M: | 3,780 |
| Coordinates: | 27.8112°N 86.7123°W |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 13/31 |
| R1-Length-M: | 405 |
| R1-Surface: | unpaved |
| Footnotes: | Sources: [1] |
Syangboche Airport (Nepali: स्याङ्बोचे हवाइ-मैदान) is a domestic airport located in Namche Bazaar serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. Syangboche Airport’s first and foremost challenge is its elevation at ; it is exposed to some of the most extreme and capricious weather conditions in the world, with heavy winds, fog and snowfall.
The airport was constructed in 1971 by a team led by Takashi Miyahara and was opened with a test flight by Royal Nepal Airlines on June 1, 1973.[2] It was built to serve, at the time the highest-placed hotel in the world.[3]
In the early 2000s, an expansion proposal that would let tourists skip the trek from Lukla to Namche Bazaar met opposition from Lukla entrepreneurs who feared a loss of business. However, the plans for expansion never materialized.[4]
The airport is at an elevation of and has one runway with a length of .
Currently, there are no scheduled services to and from Syangboche Airport. Previously Nepal Airlines and Tara Air operated routes to Kathmandu.[5]