This airport is the Tenzing-Hillary Airport or Lukla Airport in Lukla, Nepal.

这个机场就是位于尼泊尔卢卡拉的丹增-希拉里机场或卢卡拉机场。

And they must have completed at least 10 separate successful landings at Lukla Airport itself with a certified instructor.

而且他们必须在具有认证资格的教练指导下，在卢卡拉机场完成至少 10 次独立的成功降落。

But the short runway distance is just one of the many dangerous challenges that pilots face while landing at Lukla Airport.

但跑道距离短只是飞行员在卢卡拉机场降落时面临的诸多危险挑战之一。

All of the flights to Lukla Airport come from Kathmandu Airport which is only 140 kilometers away.

所有飞往卢卡拉机场的航班都是从加德满都机场起飞的，加德满都机场距离卢卡拉机场只有 140 公里。

But in that short time, the weather at Lukla Airport can rapidly change from clear skies to dense fog.

但在这么短的时间内，卢卡拉机场的天气可以迅速从晴空万里变为浓雾弥漫。

And another major problem that pilots face when flying into Lukla Airport is the rapidly changing weather patterns that afflict the area.

飞行员在飞往卢卡拉机场时面临的另一个主要问题是，影响该地区的快速变化的天气模式。

And after this particular tragic incident, the civil aviation authority of Nepal set much higher standards for pilots who were landing at Lukla Airport.

在这一悲剧事件发生后，尼泊尔民航当局对降落在卢卡拉机场的飞行员制定了更高的标准。

But no matter how great a pilot is, nobody is capable of landing something bigger like an Airbus A380 at Lukla Airport.

但是，无论飞行员多么优秀，没有人能够在卢卡拉机场降落像空客 A380 这样的大飞机。

In 2011, dozens of mountaineers became stranded in Lukla due to a dense fog that covered the entire area for a whole week.

2011 年，由于浓雾笼罩整个地区达一周之久，几十名登山者被困在卢卡拉。

So once a plane begins its descent into Lukla Airport, it has no other choice than to land the plane regardless of anything else that might happen.

因此，一旦一架飞机开始降落到卢卡拉机场，无论发生任何其他情况，它都只能选择降落。

And the total length of it from end to end is nearly triple the width of the runway at Lukla which is kind of absurd.

它从一端到另一端的总长度几乎是卢卡拉机场跑道宽度的三倍，这有点荒谬。