Phaplu Airport (Nepali: विमानस्थल फाप्लु, IATA: PPL, ICAO: VNPL) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda[1] serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal.

broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommodate DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

[4] The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal shut down the airport in 2013 in order to pave the runway.

[5] The airport reopened one year later with a full blacktopped runway.

[3] The airport resides at an elevation of 7,918 feet (2,413 m) above mean sea level.