Landing on the runway that goes uphill means you have to flare in a completely different way. They soon learned that anything you do at this altitude needs to be planned and considered. Flying into Lukla is dangerous and complex in perfect weather, most of our beta testers underestimated it and the hill side was soon covered in burning wrecks. Combine this with the fact the airport is of course closed a lot due to weather and you will understand why it can be as busy as it is. It is also the highest airport with scheduled airline flights in the word. However the airport scenery is now corrupted. (I even managed to land a Dornier successfully!!!) I have recently installed Lukla in my new PC, Windows 7, again FS2004. I ran Lukla Airport in FS2004 Windows XP with no problems. Lukla airport owes its existence to the fact it is located close to Mount Everest and that most climbers use it as the first station in the attempt. Runway repositioned to maximize the realism and challenge in this airport (the default Lukla's runway is just about. It can really be a very, very busy airport. Description During the climbing season, October/November, the small aircraft (mostly Twin Otters) have to be off the airport in 15 minutes because there are only 4 parking spaces and there are probably other Twin Otters circling to land.
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