Bagdogra airport is a civilian airport at a distance of about eighteen kilometres from the city of Siliguri in northern West Bengal, India. The airport is a major stop in the region with flights connecting Calcutta, New Delhi and Guwahati. The airport sees thousands of tourists annually, most destined to the hill station towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and the state of Sikkim. Siliguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pôścim Bôngô) is a state in the northeast of India. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... New Delhi ( नई दिल्ली ) is the capital of India, and is part of the National capital territory of Delhi. ... Guwahati is the commercial capital of Assam, and the gateway to the seven northeastern states of India. ... A Hill station in Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan, is a high-altitude town used, especially by European colonialists, as a place of refuge from the summer heat. ... The Toy Train approaching Darjeeling Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and centre of the region of the same name, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. ... Kalimpong town as viewed from a distant hill. ... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a National Capital Territory. ... Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ...

The airport also has an aerodrome, with regular helicopter flights to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. Foreign tourist permits are made in this airport for foreign tourists intending to journey to Sikkim. Aerodrome can mean: A series of aircraft constructed by Samuel Pierpont Langley. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ... Gangtok is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. ...