# Pakyong Airport (PYG / VEPY)

**Pakyong Airport** (IATA: PYG, ICAO: VEPY) is a small airport in Pakyong, Sikkim, India. It opened on 24 Sep 2018.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0012

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PYG / VEPY
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pakyong, Sikkim, India
- Opened: 24 Sep 2018
- Elevation: 1,399 m / 4,590 ft
- Coordinates: 27.2313, 88.5872
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakyong_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7126092
- Weather station: VEPY
- Ident: IN-0012

## Timeline

- 24 Sep 2018: Pakyong Airport opens.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 1,399 m / 4,590 ft | =2,570 of 43,403 | #314 in Asia | #14 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2018 | =13,682 of 15,079 | =757 in Asia | =69 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [BDP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vncg.md) Bhadrapur Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [TPJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vntj.md) Taplejung Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [VEHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vehx.md) Hashimara Air Force Station · 98 km / 61 mi
- [COH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veco.md) Cooch Behar Airport · 133 km / 83 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0012/data