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Inside India’s newest airport, an engineering marvel at Pakyong

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The Prime Minister inaugurated the Pakyong airport in Sikkim, on Monday, taking the total number of functional airports in the country to 100. This airport is an engineering feat, as it is perched between the Himalayan ranges at 4,500 feet above sea level.

The first airport in the state is located around 60 km from the India-China border.

After the formal inauguration of the airport, commercial operation will commence in the first week of October.

SpiceJet will operate 78-seater Bombardier Q400 flights to and from Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati everyday.

The airport is spread over 201 acres and is located on top of a hill about two km above Pakyong village at 4,500 feet above sea level.

SpiceJet will operate 78-seater Bombardier Q400 flights to and from Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati everyday.

The airport is spread over 201 acres and is located on top of a hill about two km above Pakyong village.

Sikkim’s Pakyong airport has a 1.75 km runway and a 116-metre-long taxiway.

The airport was built at an estimated cost of Rs. 605 crore and is an ‘engineering marvel’ for its soil reinforcement and slope stabilisation techniques keeping in view the altitude it was built at.

The airport was constructed by the Airports Authority of India. The nearest airport from Sikkim is located 124 km away in Bagdogra in West Bengal.

 

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