The airport was opened in October 1979. In 2019, as the sole runway of
Tribhuvan International Airport in
Kathmandu was being renovated and the airport was closed over night, all flights to
Lukla were operated from Ramechhap Airport, the closest airport to Kathmandu, as these flights need to take off early in the morning to not get caught in dangerous winds in Lukla. During peak, the airport served 24 flights per day, However, the airport had serious problems handling the mass of
tourists traveling to Lukla. Following this, plans were developed to upgrade the airport. By 2020, flights to Lukla were operated from Kathmandu again, and with
Tara Air's discontinuation of the flight to Kathmandu, the airport was left without scheduled operations. In 2022, the
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal decided that flight to Lukla were to be operated from Ramechhap Airport instead of Kathmandu again. Despite this being the second instance, critics argued that the airport and its surrounding infrastructure was still not sufficiently developed. ==Facilities==