Kathmandu to Lukla by flight

Every option, compared

Door-to-door times (flights include the time at the airports). Fares are typical ranges from the cheapest seat to the premium one.

• Flight, Kathmandu–Lukla flight (Tara Air / Sita Air / Summit Air): About 35 minutes, morning departures only. Foreign passports pay about US$230-240 one way. Lukla is flown only in clear weather: flights are delayed or cancelled for cloud and wind often, sometimes for days in a row, so keep two spare days before your flight home.
• Flight, Lukla–Ramechhap (Manthali) flight + 4-5 h jeep to or from Kathmandu: In the busy seasons most Lukla flights leave from Manthali airport in Ramechhap: a 4-5 hour drive from Kathmandu, usually leaving at 1-2 a.m. for the first flights; the flight is about 20 minutes. Lukla is flown only in clear weather: flights are delayed or cancelled for cloud and wind often, sometimes for days in a row, so keep two spare days before your flight home.

Booking links open the route on the country's transport booking site for trains, buses, boats and transfers, and a flight search for flights, dated about two weeks out (or in season); change the date there.

What it costs your group, one way

Fares × people; a private car is priced per car, one car per four people.

Once you’re in Lukla

• Best time: March – May, October – November
• Typical stay: 1 day
• November: Good month: November is at the end of the recommended season (March – May, October – November). Plan around: Peak Trekking Season.

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