Flights to Bhutan: Every Route, Airline and Airport for 2026–2027

Paro International Airport sits at 2,235 metres in a narrow river valley, with ridges rising to around 5,500 metres around it. Its single runway is about 2,265 metres long, short by international standards, and pilots fly a visual approach, weaving down the valley and making a late turn to line up with the runway. Only a small group of specially trained pilots are certified to land here.

For you as a passenger, that has three practical consequences:

• No night flights. Paro operates only in daylight and in good visibility, from roughly sunrise to sunset. If a morning flight is delayed long enough, it cannot simply land late in the evening.
• Weather delays happen. Low cloud in the monsoon (June to September) and strong afternoon winds in spring can hold or divert flights, typically to Bagdogra, Guwahati or Kolkata. Most delays are a few hours; a cancelled day is uncommon but possible.
• Plan a buffer on the way out. Never book a long-haul flight home on the same day as your Paro departure unless the connection is very generous. A night in Bangkok or Delhi is cheap insurance.

The landing itself is a highlight. You drop past forested ridges and farmhouses with Paro Dzong on the hillside, then step out onto the tarmac in front of a small terminal painted like a traditional Bhutanese building. Arrival formalities usually take 45–75 minutes. Paro town is about ten minutes away, Thimphu about an hour or so by road, and the Tiger’s Nest trailhead roughly 20–25 minutes.