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Paro Airport

Paro International Airport
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About Paro Airport

Paro International Airport is the sole international airport of the four airports in Bhutan. It is 6 kilometres from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surrounding peaks as high as 5,500 metres (18,000ย ft), it is considered one of the world's most challenging airports, and only a very small number of pilots are certified to land at the airport.

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I got a flight from Paro, I think it's Paro Airport, which is in Bhutan. That one, you go, it's quite a short take-off, and then right in front of you, there's a mountain. So what he does, he goes down towards the mountain.

from 112: No Such Thing As A Lego Aircraft Carrier, 2016-05-06 at 00:15:58 ยท read transcript

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Coordinates: 27.4089, 89.4206

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