Sylhet Airport
| Sylhet Airport ওসমানী আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VGSY |
| IATA code | CYL |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 15 m (49 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 9 km north of Sylhet |
| Basic data | |
| Passengers | 213,039 (2005) |
| Air freight | 196,812 (2005) |
| Flight movements |
5372 (2005) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 11/29 | 3125 m × 45 m asphalt / concrete |
The airport Sylhet ( English Osmani International Airport , Bengali ওসমানী আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর ) is the international airport of Sylhet in Bangladesh .
Location and directions
The airport is about nine kilometers north of Sylhet on the N2 road.
Airlines and Destinations
The airport is served by several airlines:
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines to Dhaka, Jeddah, Muscat
- Novoair to Dhaka
- US Bangla Airlines to Dhaka
Incidents
- In 1997 and 2004, respectively crashed Fokker F28 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on landing. People were not killed in the process.
See also
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Airport data. In: flightstats.com. Retrieved August 20, 2010 .
- Airport data. In: The Airport Guide. Retrieved August 20, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sylhet - Osmani International Airport (ZYL / VGSY). In: AZ World Airports Online. Retrieved August 21, 2010 .
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of December 22, 1997 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of October 8, 2004 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)