Pakyong Airport is a Greenfield RCS airport at Pakyong town near Gangtok, the state capital of Sikkim, India. Pakyong Airport was set to begin commercial flight operation on 4th October; India Pakyong Airport has been branded one of the world’s most beautiful airports. Situated in the remote Himalayan state of Sikkim, it is India’s 100th airport. Built into a hill above Pakyong village at approximately distance above sea level. The airport is spread across over 201 acres. It is also one of the five highest airports in India. It has a terminal that can hold 100 passengers, a runway that is 1.75km long and is located 60km from the border with China. Inaugurated on 24 September 2018 by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, commercial flight operations started 4 October 2018.[9] Upon its opening, major media across the globe praised its engineering and described it as one of the most scenic airports in the world.[10] Despite this, commercial flight operations have been hampered by low visibility due to poor weather conditions, being originally planned and designed as a Visual flight rule (VFR) Airport. Due to these visibility issues along with agitation from the local villagers, strip area issues and inaction by local administration, the airport’s only commercial passenger airline.
