India's 100th airport
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India's 100th airport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45624436
The state's first airport at Pakyong, some 30km (18 miles) from the state capital, Gangtok, and carved out of a mountainside has been described as an "engineering marvel".
The state's first airport at Pakyong, some 30km (18 miles) from the state capital, Gangtok, and carved out of a mountainside has been described as an "engineering marvel".
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Pretty looking place isn't it.
That said a painful looking over-run and doesn't look like any EMAS either with non-precision approaches 7,000 ft plus density altitudes in summer and in monsoon territory as well.
That said a painful looking over-run and doesn't look like any EMAS either with non-precision approaches 7,000 ft plus density altitudes in summer and in monsoon territory as well.
I suppose that during the monsoon season, one will need to check the NOTAMS to see if "due to mud slide, first 600 feet of runway closed" alert is active.
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The weather - Sikkim gets monsoon rains from April to September - hindered work.
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Looks beautiful, but I wouldn't fancy going off piste! 
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Doesn't appear to be any itinerant automobile parking. My guess is that a shuttle transport (motor coach) will be utilized from a car park situated from an area below the elevation of the aerodrome. Well, that would be a good idea, would it not?
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Seems to be Q-400 & ATR territory to start with. That narrows it down to 3 players (Air India, Spice & Indigo). Doubt they will need much parking as capacity is 500,000 pax a year. With 3 airlines flying in only at max capacity it seems 216 per day is about the maximum flow they will see for a while. Government seems to be paying airlines for empty seats to ensure connectivity so they are forecasting a 50% occupancy. Either way looking nice & will add a tourist spot to the north east which has some yummy food & the Ghost chilli
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Yearly airport passenger statistics are meaningless. If two (2) Bombardier Q400 airliners arrive within 5 minutes at Pakyong, can the airport infrastructure handle the requirements of the deplaning passengers? Can both airliners be refueled, cleaned and catered within 30 minutes of their ETD's? The aforementioned questions are basic "Airport 101" pupil challenges.
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Yearly airport passenger statistics are meaningless. If two (2) Bombardier Q400 airliners arrive within 5 minutes at Pakyong, can the airport infrastructure handle the requirements of the deplaning passengers? Can both airliners be refueled, cleaned and catered within 30 minutes of their ETD's? The aforementioned questions are basic "Airport 101" pupil challenges.
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I dont't know how wide the runway is, but the proximity of the mountainslope at the runway end doesn't really allow for a large wingspan or slight deviation off centerline.��