# Paro International Airport (PBH / VQPR)

**Paro International Airport** (IATA: PBH, ICAO: VQPR) is a large airport in Paro, Paro District, Bhutan. It has one runway, 2,265 m (7,431 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PBH / VQPR
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Paro, Paro District, Bhutan
- Elevation: 2,245 m / 7,364 ft
- Coordinates: 27.4032, 89.4246
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,265 m / 7,431 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Thimphu
- Website: https://paroairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paro_International_Airport (50 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44877
- Weather station: VQPR · WMO 43399
- Ident: VQPR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,265 m / 7,431 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | yes |

## Routes

16 destinations in 10 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (12)

- [GLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqgp.md) Gelephu Airport · Bhutan · 118 km / 73 mi · Drukair
- [BUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqbt.md) Bathpalathang Airport · Bhutan · 132 km / 82 mi · Drukair
- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · India · 135 km / 84 mi · Drukair
- [YON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqty.md) Yongphulla Airport · Bhutan · 207 km / 129 mi · Drukair
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 258 km / 160 mi · Drukair
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 402 km / 250 mi · Drukair
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 408 km / 254 mi · Drukair
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 537 km / 334 mi · Drukair
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,217 km / 756 mi · Drukair
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 1,926 km / 1,197 mi · Drukair
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 3,287 km / 2,042 mi · Drukair
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,392 km / 2,108 mi · Drukair

### Seasonal (2)

- [GAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegy.md) Gaya Airport · India · 536 km / 333 mi · Drukair
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 3,037 km / 1,887 mi · Drukair

### Charter (2)

- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 2,530 km / 1,572 mi · Drukair
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 2,577 km / 1,601 mi · Drukair

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- KB [Drukair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/drukair) · 16

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,265 m / 7,431 ft | =3,158 of 29,858 | #973 in Asia | #1 in BT |
| Elevation | 2,245 m / 7,364 ft | #407 of 43,403 | #85 in Asia | #3 in BT |
| 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 · 79 km / 49 mi
- [GLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqgp.md) Gelephu Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · 135 km / 84 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #66

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Paro International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paro_International_Airport&oldid=1372519598), revision of 1 Sep 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/vqpr/data