Phaplu Airport

Phaplu Airport is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda serving Solukhumbu District, a district in in .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Nepal
  • Also known as: “PPL” and “VNPL”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phaplu and Salleri.

Village
Phaphlu is a mountainous town in north-east , approximately 270 kilometres east of the Nepalese capital, . The altitude of the village is 2,413 m.

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Solududhkunda is the only municipality of Solukhumbu District, of . The town of , which is located within the municipality is the headquarter of Solukhumbu District It was formed in 2014 by merging four VDCs: , Garma, Loding Tamakhani and Beni and was divided into 9 wards.

Village
is a town and Village Development Committee in Khotang District in the Sagarmatha Zone of eastern . At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,135 persons living in 788 individual households. is situated 10 km northeast of Phaplu Airport.

Phaplu Airport

Latitude
27.51805° or 27° 31′ 5″ north
Longitude
86.58517° or 86° 35′ 7″ east
Elevation
2,459 metres (8,068 feet)
IATA airport code
PPL
ICAO airport code
VNPL
Open location code
7MV8GH9P+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 312966049
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7668626
Wiki­data ID
Q2759601
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Phaplu Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Phaplu Airport”
  • Chinese: “法普卢机场”
  • Chinese: “法普盧機場”
  • Chinese: “法普魯機場”
  • Dutch: “Phaplu Airport”
  • French: “aéroport de Phaplu”
  • French: “Aéroport de Phaplu”
  • French: “Phaplu Airport”
  • French: “VNPL”
  • German: “Flughafen Phaplu”
  • Indonesian: “PPL”
  • Indonesian: “VNPL”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Phaplu”
  • Japanese: “ファプル空港”
  • Maithili: “फाप्लु विमानस्थल”
  • Nepali: “फाप्लु विमानस्थल”
  • Nepali: “फाप्लु”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Phaplu Airport”
  • Norwegian: “Phaplu lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه فاپلو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Phaplu”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Phaplu”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи фоплу”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Solududhkunda Municipality and Chhukyamu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Phaplu Terminal and Phaplu Hospital.

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