AirportsYongphulla Airport is a small airport serving Yongphulla, in Trashigang District, Bhutan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YON.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YON
- ICAO code
- VQTY
- City
- Yongphulla
- State or region
- Trashigang District
- Country
- Bhutan
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 27.2563° N, 91.5146° E
- Elevation
- 2,743 m (9,000 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,266 m (4,154 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YON means Yongphulla Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VQTY. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 27.2563° N, 91.5146° E. It stands 2,743 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Guwahati, about 121 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Yongphulla Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,266 metres (4,154 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,266 m 4,154 ft | 37 m | Bitumen | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bathpalathang AirportJakar | BUT | 83 km |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportGuwahati, India | GAU | 128 km |
| Tezpur AirportIndia | TEZ | 140 km |
| Shannan Longzi AirportShannan, China | LGZ | 153 km |
| Shillong AirportShillong, India | SHL | 179 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,423 km | 2 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,108 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,599 km | 4 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,803 km | 9 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,314 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,515 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,173 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,627 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,262 km | 11 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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