Pakyong Airport

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Pakyong Airport is a domestic airport in the Indian state of Sikkim that serves as the primary air gateway to the region’s capital and surrounding Himalayan areas.

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Pakyong Airport canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport
domestic airport
cityServed Gangtok
country India
distanceToGangtok about 30 kilometres
elevation 4500 feet
approximately 1372 metres
focusCityFor Sikkim tourism
hasCategory Airports in India
Airports in Sikkim
hasFeature tabletop runway
hasFunction cargo transport
passenger transport
hasPassengerTerminal single terminal building
hasRole improves connectivity to Sikkim
strategic infrastructure in Sikkim
IATAcode PYG
ICAOcode VEPY
isConnectedTo Indian domestic air network
isLocatedIn eastern Himalayas
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
isNear Indo–China border region
isOneOf highest airports in India
isPartOf Indian civil aviation network
isServedBy domestic airlines
location Pakyong
nearbyCity Gangtok
openedForOperations 2018
operator Airports Authority of India
owner Airports Authority of India
region Northeast India
runwayCount 1
runwayDesignation 02/20
runwayLength 1700 metres
approximately 5577 feet
runwaySurface asphalt
servesAs gateway to Sikkim
primary air gateway to Sikkim
servesRegion Gangtok metropolitan area
linked to: Gangtok

surrounding Himalayan areas
servesStateCapital Gangtok
servesTourism Gangtok region
linked to: Gangtok

Sikkim Himalayas
linked to: Sikkim Himalaya
state Sikkim
terrain hilly
timeZone IST
type public
UTCoffset +05:30

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gangtok nearestAirport Pakyong Airport
Pakyong district knownFor Pakyong Airport
Pakyong district hasAirport Pakyong Airport
Pelling nearestAirport Pakyong Airport
East Sikkim district hasAirport Pakyong Airport
Rangpo nearestAirport Pakyong Airport