List of airports in Bhutan

Map of Bhutan

This is a list of airports in Bhutan, sorted by location.

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by Tibet. Bhutan was separated from the nearby state of Nepal to the west by the Indian state of Sikkim, and from Bangladesh to the south by West Bengal. The capital city is Thimphu.

Airports

Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.

Location ICAO IATA Airport name Coordinates Runway Elev. Constructed Status
Gelephu VQGP GLU Gelephu Airport 26°53′04″N 090°27′51″E / 26.88444°N 90.46417°E / 26.88444; 90.46417 (Geluphu Airport) 11/29: 1500 m
Asphalt		 290 m 2008 Flights suspended
Jakar VQBT BUT Bathpalathang Airport 27°33′52″N 090°44′43″E / 27.56444°N 90.74528°E / 27.56444; 90.74528 (Bathpalathang Airport) 14/33: 1200 m
Asphalt		 2473 m 2011 Flights suspended
Paro VQPR PBH Paro Airport 27°24′12″N 089°25′29″E / 27.40333°N 89.42472°E / 27.40333; 89.42472 (Paro Airport) 15/33: 1964 x 29 m
Asphalt		 2235 m 1968 Operational
Trashigang VQTY YON Yongphulla Airport
(Yonphula Airport)		 27°15′22″N 091°30′55″E / 27.25611°N 91.51528°E / 27.25611; 91.51528 (Yongphulla Airport) 12/30: 1266 x 37 m
Asphalt		 2743 m 2010 Flights suspended

Bagdogra Airport (26°40′52″N 088°19′43″E / 26.68111°N 88.32861°E / 26.68111; 88.32861) in neighbouring India is also accessible for flights to Bhutan.

See also

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.