Jessore Airport

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Jessore Airport
যশোর বিমানবন্দর
Airport building of the Jessore Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code VGJR
IATA code JSR
Coordinates

23 ° 11 '2 "  N , 89 ° 9' 39"  E Coordinates: 23 ° 11 '2 "  N , 89 ° 9' 39"  E
Height above MSL 6 m (20  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km northeast of Jessore
Basic data
operator Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Passengers 87,142 (2011/12)
Air freight 2932 t (2011/12)
Start-and runway
16/34 2438 m × 45 m asphalt concrete



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The Jessore Airport ( Bengali যশোর বিমানবন্দর , English Jessore Airport ) is a small domestic airport in the same city Jessore in western Bangladesh . The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh . The only destination airport is Dhaka Airport, 145 kilometers away . In 2011/12, 87,142 passengers and 2932 tons of cargo were handled in Jessore. This made the airport the fourth largest in Bangladesh in terms of handling, albeit a long way from the three international airports Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet .

As early as the Second World War, there was an airfield in Jessore in what was then British India , which was used by the 8th, 292nd and 615th squadrons of the Royal Air Force . The airport was badly damaged in the War of Independence in 1971 , but was quickly repaired afterwards. In 1982 the runway was extended and in 2007 it was given a new asphalt surface .

Airlines

The airlines listed below fly to the airport. There are around four passenger flights per day (as of 01/2016).

See also

Web links

Commons : Jessore Airport  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 6.09 PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY AIRPORTS / AERODROMES, 6.10 FREIGHT / MAILS LOADED AND UNLOADED BY AIRPORTS / AERODROMES. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Statistics and Informatics Division (SID), Ministry of Planning, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, archived from the original on January 13, 2016 ; accessed on January 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 203.112.218.66
  2. ↑ 8 SQUADRON. (No longer available online.) Royal Air Force, archived from the original January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.raf.mod.uk
  3. ↑ 292 SQUADRON. (No longer available online.) Royal Air Force, archived from the original January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.raf.mod.uk
  4. ↑ 615 SQUADRON. (No longer available online.) Royal Air Force, archived from the original October 14, 2012 ; accessed on January 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.raf.mod.uk
  5. ↑ Airport Development History. Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, accessed January 18, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Flight Status. FlightStats, accessed January 18, 2016 .