# Gelephu Airport (GLU / VQGP)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GLU / VQGP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gelephu, Sarpang District, Bhutan
- Opened: 21 Oct 2012
- Elevation: 299 m / 980 ft
- Coordinates: 26.8846, 90.4641
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Thimphu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelephu_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4134998
- Ident: VQGP

## Timeline

- 21 Oct 2012: Gelephu Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° |  |

- 11/29 slopes 2.3%: threshold 29 at 265 m / 868 ft, threshold 11 at 299 m / 980 ft.

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · Bhutan · 118 km / 73 mi · Drukair
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 513 km / 319 mi · Drukair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- KB [Drukair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/drukair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =1,368 in Asia | #2 in BT |
| Elevation | 299 m / 980 ft | =18,086 of 43,403 | #1,122 in Asia | #4 in BT |
| Age | Opened 2012 | =12,916 of 15,079 | =673 in Asia |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BT |

## Nearby airports

- [VEHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vehx.md) Hashimara Air Force Station · 111 km / 69 mi
- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · 141 km / 88 mi

## 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: “Gelephu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gelephu_Airport&oldid=1363982336), revision of 13 Jul 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/vqgp/data