The Pakyong airport is being built at an altitude of 4,700 ft which will be one of the five highest airports in India. The reinforcement wall on the project is 80 m height, which is one of the tallest reinforcement walls in the world, Dhungel told Union Tourism minister K Chiranjeevi at New Delhi today, official sources said here.
He said that construction work on the Rs 300 crore airport being constructed by Airport Authority of India on 200 acre land is in full swing and added that operation of flights from the airport will be commissioned by March 2015.
Presently, the nearest airport to Sikkim is located 124 km away at Bagdogra in West Bengal.
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