Luang Prabang International Airport, Laos

Luang Prabang International Airport, Laos

Luang Prabang International Airport (IATA: LPQ, ICAO: VLLB) is one of the few international airports in Laos. The airport is located in Luang Prabang. Until February 2011 it was considered a risky place to land due to the mountainous terrain surrounding the airport, but since then it has been modernized, making the airport significantly safer.

Airport Code: Luang Prabang International Airport IATA airport code is LPQ and ICAO code is VLLB

Location: Located at 19°53'50"N 102°09'39"E, 955 feet (291 meters) above sea level, Luang Prabang International Airport is located about 4 km from the center of Luang Prabang, Laos.

Capacity: One runway Runway 06/24 - 7,218 feet 2,200 meters long - Asphalt

The airport consists of one terminal for both domestic and international flights.

Introducing Luang Prabang:

Colour is the first of Luang Prabang’s virtues to greet travellers. Pearly frangipanis with their heady perfume, banks of overgrown trees peppered with scarlet flowers, the burnt sienna robes of hundreds of monks and their novices, and resplendent gold and claret wats. The scent of fresh coffee, river activity, produce markets and spicy food soon follows. And then the broader aesthetics begin to unfold. Encircled by mountains, and set 700m above sea level at the confluence of the Nam Khan (Khan River) and the Mekong River, Luang Prabang is now Laos’ foremost tourist showpiece. The brew of gleaming temple roofs, crumbling French provincial architecture and multiethnic inhabitants captivates even the most jaded travellers, and the quiet benevolence of the city’s residents lulls them into a somnambulant bliss.