Koshi Province
Solukhumbu
Khumbu Pasanglamhu

Syangboche Airport

Syangboche Airport is a domestic airport located in serving Solukhumbu District, a district in in . Syangboche Airport’s first and foremost challenge is its elevation at 3,780 m; it is exposed to some of the most extreme and capricious weather conditions in the world, with heavy winds, fog and snowfall.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: domestic airport in Nepal
  • Also known as: “Syangboche Airfield”, “Syangboche Airstrip”, “SYH”, and “VNSB”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Everest View Hotel.

Hotel
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Syangboche and Namche Bazaar.

Village
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is a village.

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is the unofficial capital of the of , and is a major stop-off point for trekkers and climbers heading for base camp.

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is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern . It is located in the sub-region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site.

Syangboche Airport

Latitude
27.81131° or 27° 48′ 41″ north
Longitude
86.71225° or 86° 42′ 44″ east
Elevation
3,750 metres (12,303 feet)
IATA airport code
SYH
ICAO airport code
VNSB
United Nations Location Code
NP SYH
Open location code
7MV8RP66+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 312895324
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7996898
Wiki­data ID
Q689079
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Tajik—“Syangboche Airport” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Syangboche Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Syangboche Airport”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Syangboche”
  • German: “Syangboche”
  • Indonesian: “SYH”
  • Indonesian: “VNSB”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto del Syangboche”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Sangboche”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Syangboche”
  • Italian: “Syangboche Airport”
  • Japanese: “シャンボチェ空港”
  • Maithili: “स्याङ्बोचे विमानस्थल”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Syangboche”
  • Nepali: “स्याङबोचे विमानस्थल”
  • Nepali: “स्याङ्बोचे”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سینگابوچ”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Syangboche”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сингобуч”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Syangboche Airport”. Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.