# Bathpalathang Airport (BUT / VQBT)

**Bathpalathang Airport** (IATA: BUT, ICAO: VQBT) is a small airport in Jakar, Bumthang District, Bhutan. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,937 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqbt

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BUT / VQBT
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Jakar, Bumthang District, Bhutan
- Elevation: 2,586 m / 8,485 ft
- Coordinates: 27.5622, 90.7471
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,937 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Thimphu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathpalathang_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153191
- Ident: VQBT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · Bhutan · 132 km / 82 mi · Drukair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BUT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- KB [Drukair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/drukair) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | =10,151 of 29,858 | =1,563 in Asia | #4 in BT |
| Elevation | 2,586 m / 8,485 ft | #170 of 43,403 | #52 in Asia | #2 in BT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [GLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqgp.md) Gelephu Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [YON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqty.md) Yongphulla Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · 132 km / 82 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #41

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bathpalathang Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bathpalathang_Airport&oldid=1370885187), revision of 23 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/vqbt/data