Rajshahi Airport
| Rajshahi Airport শাহ মখদুম বিমানবন্দর Shah Mokhdum Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VGRJ |
| IATA code | RJH |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 17 m (56 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 7 km north of Rajshahi |
| Street | R685 |
| Local transport | Bus, taxi, rickshaw |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 2847 (2012/13) |
| Air freight | no |
| Start-and runway | |
| 17/35 | 1801 m × 30 m asphalt concrete |
The Rajshahi Airport , officially Shah Mokhdum Airport ( Bengali শাহ মখদুম বিমানবন্দর ) is a small domestic airport in Rajshahi on the western border of Bangladesh .
A total of 2847 passengers were handled in the 2012/13 period. There were no cargo flights. With these figures, the airport was in fourth place among the then five domestic airports in Bangladesh (after Jessore , Cox's Bazar , Saidpur , and before Barisal ).
The airport has a runway with a length of 1801 meters and a width of 30 meters made of asphalt concrete. Both landing directions are each equipped with precision approach glide angle lights. A rotating radio beacon with distance measuring equipment (identifier RAJ on 114.5 MHz) and an omnidirectional radio beacon (identifier RJ on 228 kHz) are used as navigation aids for the approach .
In February 2007, Biman Bangladesh Airlines , the only airline serving the airport, suspended its scheduled flights due to a lack of profitability. In April 2015, flight operations were resumed after an eight-year break.
The airport is currently served by two airlines: US Bangla Airlines and Biman Bangladesh Airlines . On average, there is a maximum of one departure per day (as of 02/2016). The only destination airport is Dhaka Airport, 192 kilometers away .
See also
Web links
- Aeronautical map for Rajshahi Airport on SkyVector.com
- ATR-72 landing at Rajshahi Airport , landing of an ATR-72 and impressions from the airport
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ AIP BANGLADESH VGRJ AD2. (PDF) Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, accessed February 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Dhaka-Rajshahi flights resume after 8yrs. The Daily Star, April 7, 2015, accessed February 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Flight Status> by Airport. flightstats.com, accessed February 6, 2016 .
