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Paro Airport is deep in a valley 2,235 m (7,332 ft) above mean sea level and is surrounded by mountains as high as 5,500 m (18,000 ft). [9] The airport was constructed with a 1,200 m (3,900 ft) runway , [ 10 ] giving the Bhutanese government specific requirements for a choice of aircraft to be operated from Paro.
The last factor in Paro’s level of difficulty is what Dorji calls “obstacles” – namely, the mountainous terrain that surrounds the airport. Paro’s runway is just 7,431 feet long, and it ...
Paro Airport has been described as "the most difficult commercial airport in the world", [5] The airport has only one runway. Airplanes on approach pass by 5,500 m (18,044 ft 7 in) Himalayan Mountain peaks, and the 1,980 m (6,496 ft 1 in) runway length presents a double challenge, due to the low air density.
An approach plate for the ILS or LOC approach to runway 14L at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany. Approach plates (or, more formally, instrument approach procedure charts) are the printed or digital charts of instrument approach procedures that pilots use to fly instrument approaches during instrument flight rules (IFR) operations.
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.
Paro, the country's only international airport, is in a steep-sided valley with its approaches restricted to visual flight rules. During the monsoon season, flights are often delayed by cloud cover. Drukair is the national carrier, connecting Paro with other countries. The airport is one of the highest and most-challenging airports at which to ...
An "approach plate" depicting an instrument approach procedure for an ILS approach to Tacoma Narrows Airport in the United StatesIn aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point ...
The inaugural flight to Bagdogra Airport left Paro Airport on 18 June 2009, making Drukair the first international airline to operate into the airport. In Bagdogra, a ceremony was held which was attended by S. M. Krishna , the Indian Minister for External Affairs , and Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering , the Bhutanese Minister of Foreign Affairs .