It is not everytime you get to see a plane landing at close quarters and that too at an airport which is considered to be the most difficult to land.
As Captain Chimi Dorji says, "Paro airport is difficult but not dangerous." (Captain Chimi Dorji has been working for Druk Air aka Royal Bhutan Airlines for 25 years)
Most airports offer about 10 nautical miles (about 18 kms) of distance for pilots to gauge the most aligned approach onto the landing strip, this airport accords only one or two nautical miles, which literally means there is no room for error.
Only 50 pilots are certified to land at Paro due to the demanding conditions.
I was also fortunate enough to videograph the landing. It was a lucky day for me as I could capture three aircrafts landing and one helicopter taking off.
The third aircraft I videographed was a small plane with propellers
While waiting for the aircraft, I saw these Raven (national bird of Bhutan) circling above. Murder in the air?
As I did not carry my tripod, I could not use my big camera, so had to make do with my mobile camera. Made a video on it and that is one item ticked off my bucket list.
Read somewhere that there is a Budha in the cockpit.
