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Paro International Airport (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་གནམ་ཐང༌།, romanized: paro gnam thang) (IATA: PBH, ICAO: VQPR) is the sole international airport of the four airports in Bhutan. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu .
On 7 February 2023 at 06:17 a.m. WIT, a Pilatus PC-6 Porter aircraft with the registration number PK-BVY [6] belonging to Susi Air arrived from Timika to Paro airport, Nduga. Shortly after landing, it lost contact with air traffic control. [7] A search was conducted from the air, which soon sighted a burning aircraft.
Paro (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་) is a town and seat of Paro District, in the Paro Valley of Bhutan. [1] It is an historic town with many sacred sites and historical buildings scattered throughout the area. It is also home to Paro International Airport, Bhutan's sole international airport. Paro International Airport is served by Drukair.
Check your flight status before heading to the airport. Frontier Airlines stated passengers whose flights were affected by the outage can request refunds. USA Today Network contributed to this report.
Check your flight status before heading to the airport. Frontier Airlines stated passengers whose flights were affected by the outage can request refunds. USA Today Network contributed to this report.
The old airport of Paros, which was situated a few kilometers to the south, was operational since 1982. Its 710-meter runway became insufficient as larger numbers of passengers required larger aircraft, so a new airport was built, opening in 2016, and taking over all operations of the old airport. Its wide, 1,400 meter runway supports larger ...
Paro Airport is located deep in a valley 2,235 metres (7,333 ft) above sea level, and is surrounded by mountains as high as 4,900 metres (16,100 ft). [10] At the time, the runway was 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) in length, [ 7 ] giving the Bhutanese government specific requirements for a choice of aircraft to be operated.
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