April 5, 20233 yr Paro International Airport is the sole international airport of the four airports in Bhutan. It is 6 km from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surrounding peaks as high as 18,000 ft, it is considered one of the world's most challenging airports and as of 2019 only eight pilots in the world are certified to land at the airport. Flights to and from Paro are allowed under visual meteorological conditions only and are redtricted to daylight hours from sunrise to sunset. Paro airport was the only airport in Bhutan until 2011. Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday, April 22nd at 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) for our April 2023 fly-in where we depart from Kathmandu (VNKT) and fly to Paro (VQPR) to tedt our skills to land at one of the world's most dangerous airport approaches. One lucky Canadian Xpress® pilot* will win: • Any Just Flight Product from: *Please see Fly-In PDF for contedt details and eligibility requirements. This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your flying experience to attend this Canadian Xpress event that will be flown on the VATSIM network. More information regarding this event including operational details, charts, optional add-on scenery and Canadian Xpress Model Sets can be viewed by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca or by directly downloading our Fly-In document here. See you all on Saturday the 22nd! VATSIM: P2 | I1
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