Organised under the supervision of the AAI, the exercise involved the coordinated participation of multiple agencies, ...

Before the opening of Pakyong, the nearest airport to Sikkim’s state capital of Gangtok was Bagdogra, in West Bengal – a five-hour drive. Pakyong Airport is only 30 kilometers south of Gangtok.

100th Airport In India: This article is about the newly constructed Pakyong airport in Sikkim which became operational on Friday. It is a huge achievement for the state, especially since the ...

The greenfield airport, located 30 km from capital Gangtok, will start its commercial operations from the first week of October, according to the State Chief Secretary A.K. Shrivastava.

Taking a keen interest in the airport at Pakyong, which serves Sikkim's capital Gangtok and has seen no flight operations for nearly two years, Union Minister Pabitra Margherita said he is ...

4. The Pakyong airport is around 30 kilometres away from Sikkim’s state capital Gangtok. It has been built at an approximate cost of Rs 350 crore.

To reinforce coordinated response mechanisms, a full-scale mock emergency exercise was conducted at Pakyong Airport near ...

Rescue teams evacuated 17 out of the 64 tourists stranded at Chaten in north Sikkim, as operations to bring them back from the landslide-hit area resumed on Friday (June 6, 2025) morning, officials ...

PM Modi inaugurates Pakyong Airport near Gangtok in Sikkim. CM Pawan Chamling & Union Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu were also present.

Pakyong airport is located at a distance of 26.8 km from state capital Gangtok. The busy Bagdogra airport in West Bengal's Siliguri is around 123 km from Gangtok.