GLU

Gelephu Airport

ICAO VQGP26.8846°N 90.4641°E299 m / 980 ftMedium airport
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Gelephu Airport (IATA: GLU, ICAO: VQGP) is a medium airport in Gelephu, Sarpang District, Bhutan. It opened on 21 Oct 2012. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 2012–2012
21 OCT 2012
OpenedGelephu Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
11/29118° / 298° · SLOPE 2.3%
LENGTH1,500 m4,921 ftWIDTH35 m115 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GLU. From the Wikipedia article “Gelephu Airport” (revision of 13 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,500 m4,921 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,992of 29,823 · =1,373 Asia · #2 BTElevation299 m980 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=18,069of 43,341 · #1,121 Asia · #4 BTAgeOpened 20122026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,930of 15,079 · =674 AsiaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =1 BT
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record