List of airports in Bhutan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Airport
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s in Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

, sorted by location.

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked

Landlocked

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country in South Asia

South Asia

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, 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

Tibet

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. Bhutan was separated from the nearby state of Nepal

Nepal

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to the west by the Indian state of Sikkim

Sikkim

Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...

, and from Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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to the south by West Bengal

West Bengal

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. The capital city

Capital City

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is Thimphu

Thimphu

Thimphu also spelt Thimpu, is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's dzongkhags, the Thimphu District. The city became the capital of Bhutan in 1961...

Airports

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

Location	ICAO ICAO airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...	IATA IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association...	Airport name	Coordinates	Runway	Elev.
Paro Paro, Bhutan -History:Rinpung Dzong a fortress-monastery overlooking the Paro valley has a long history. A monastery was first built on the site by Padma Sambhava at the beginning of the tenth century, but it wasn't until 1646 that Ngawang Namgyal built a larger monastery on the old foundations, and for...	VQPR	PBH	Paro Airport Paro Airport Paro Airport is the only international airport of Bhutan. The airport is located from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the Paro river at an elevation of ....	27°24′11"N 089°25′28"E	15/33: 1964 x 29 m, Asphalt	2235 m
Trashigang Trashigang Trashigang District is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag .-Culture:...			Yongphulla Airport Yongphulla Airport Yongphulla Airport is a small domestic airport located near Trashigang, a town in the Trashigang District in Bhutan. It is currently one of only two airports in Bhutan.... (Yonphula Airport)	27°15′23"N 091°30′52"E	12/30: 1266 x 37 m, Asphalt	2743 m
Thimbu	VQTU	QJC	Thimbu Airport	27°28′N 89°39′E		2334 m

Airports

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