Shahjalal International Airport

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Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (Bengali: ???? ??????????????????? ????? HÃÆ'Â'zrÃÆ'Â't Shahjalal AntÃÆ''rjatik BimanbÃÆ'Â'ndÃÆ'Â'r ) (IATA: DAC , ICAO: VGHS (old: VGZR ) ), formerly known as Dacca International Airport and Zia International Airport, is the largest airport in Bangladesh. Operated and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh, it is also used by the Bangladeshi Air Force as part of BAF Bangabandhu Base . Located in Kurmitola in northern Dhaka, commenced operations in 1980, took over as the capital's international airport from Tejgaon Airport. The airport is the center of most of the private airlines in Bangladesh, including Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Regent Airways, Novoair and US-Bangla Airlines. The airport's IATA code - "DAC" is derived from "Dacca", a previously used spelling for "Dhaka".

The airport has an area of ​​1,981 hectares (802 ha). The airport has a capacity to handle 18.5 million passengers annually, and is predicted by CAAB until 2026. By 2014, the airport handles 9.1 million passengers, and 248,000 tons of cargo. The average aircraft movement per day is about 190 flights.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is a provider of airport ground handling.

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Location and access

The airport is located at Kurmitola, 11Ã, NM (20 km, 13Ã, mi) north of the capital Dhaka. It can be accessed by eight lane Airport Road. To the north of the airport lies Uttara and Gazipur, while the city of Dhaka is located in the south. There is a train station directly opposite the airport called Airport Railway Station. The nearest hotel near the airport is Le Meridien Hotel, Dhaka Regency Hotel. The Best Western Hotel opens at the end of 2014.

Due to the city's expansion, the airport has been hit by the city, prompting the government to consider relocating elsewhere.

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History

In 1941, during the Second World War, the British government built a landing platform at Kurmitola, a few kilometers north of Tejgaon, as an additional landing lane for Tejgaon Airport, which at that time was a military airport, to operate warplanes into war. fields of Kohima (Assam) and Burmese war theater.

After the formation of Pakistan in 1947, Tejgaon Airport became the first civil airport in East Pakistan, currently Bangladesh. In 1966 a project was taken by the Government of Pakistan to build a new airport in the present location north of Kurmitola was chosen and auctioned for the construction of the terminal building and the foundation under the technical support of French experts. For transportation of railway station construction materials (now airport railway stations) built near the site. However, the new airstrip was half completed when the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out in 1971. During the war, the airstrip was severely damaged.

After independence, the Bangladesh government restarted the work left by previous contractors and consultants during the war. They decided to make the airport the main international airport of the country and appointed AÃÆ' Â © roports de Paris of France as its new consultant. The airport began operation in 1980 after the main runway and the central part of the terminal building was officially opened by President Ziaur Rahman as Dacca International Airport ("Dacca" is a spelling of "Dhaka"). This project took three more years to complete, during which time Ziaur Rahman was assassinated (in 1981), so, after completion in 1983, President Abdus Sattar again inaugurated the airport as Zia International Airport.

In 2010, the government renamed the airport once again, from Zia International Airport to Shahjalal International Airport, in honor of Shah Jalal, one of the most respected Sufi saints in Bangladesh.

On December 6, 2011, the ZA006, Boeing 787 stopped for fuel at Shahjalal International Airport during recording effort at distance, speed, and resilience. The aircraft, powered by General Electric GEnx engine, has flown 10,710 nautical miles (19,830 km) non-stop from Boeing Field in Seattle, east Washington to Shahjalal International Airport, setting a new world distance record for aircraft in the 787 heavyweight, which is between 440,000 pounds (200,000 kg) and 550,000 pounds (250,000 kg). The flight surpassed the previous record distance of 9,127 nautical miles (16,903 km), set in 2002 by Airbus A330. The plane then proceeded east from Dhaka to return to Boeing Field, setting a world speed record of 42 hours, 27 minutes.

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Development and expansion

In 1992, the airport terminal area expanded rapidly with the addition of bridges and equipment. A multistorey car park with space for 500 cars is also built today.

The airport has been established and upgraded with technologies and instruments worth BDT 70 million until the 2nd quarter of 2012, by CAAB. They include: instrument landing systems, distance measuring devices and flight calibration systems, which will help airport operational standards. 2 additional bridges have been in operation, and the other is in the making. Asphalt runway overlay begins in December 2012 by the Bangladeshi company Abdul Monem Ltd; it took 6 months to complete. Further improvements in the taxiway and runway lighting systems will be carried out with funding from Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) worth BDT 4.5 billion. Subsequent projects include: primary and secondary radar, new control towers and modern drainage systems. Parking facilities are being upgraded, both for passenger and cargo aircraft, from expanding airport passenger and cargo apron work also occur. The project will cost BDT 440 million and will provide facilities to park four wide-body passenger planes and two wide-body cargo planes side by side. In recent years, CAAB has completed modernization and beautifying two terminal buildings; build five aircraft parking spaces; Installing two additional bridges; re-installation of power plants to ensure 24-hour power supply; adding more passengers check-in and immigration counters and a luggage conveyor belt.

In recent years, internal designs such as concourse, toilet and other parts have also been upgraded. Duty-free shops carry international luxury branded products. As part of the development plan, the first international chain cafe, Barista Lavazza opened in international terminal in 2014 followed by Krispy Kreme in 2017.

Second runner

A feasibility study is underway to decide on parallel additions, a second runway at a cost of 10 billion BDT by 2014. The project has been taken to cope with increased air traffic, and takes pressure off a single runway, to double the capacity of the Airport. CAAB predicts that airport traffic will surpass 10 million passengers and goods. Currently, the airport can handle 10 flights per hour, 1 per 6 minutes. However, 60% of the 2,000 hectares of airport land remain unused.

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Terminal

The airport consists of three major terminals, T1 and T2 for international flights and a third terminal (known as Domestic Terminal) for domestic flights. In T1 and T2, the ground floor is used as the arrival hall and the upper floor serves as a departure hall. Both the arrival hall and departure hall are on the same floor at the one-storey domestic terminal. The VIP terminal is built only about 200 meters from the main gate and is only used occasionally. The third international terminal is planned for construction.

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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

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Accidents and incidents

On September 28, 1977, Japanese Flight 472 journey from Mumbai to Tokyo was hijacked by 5 Japanese Red Army terrorists shortly after take-off, and forced the plane to land at Zia International Airport. The terrorist request of $ 6 million and the release of 6 JRA terrorists from Japanese jails are met by the Prime Minister of Japan. Bangladesh Air Force deployed to control the situation in the field and facilitate the negotiation.

On 5 August 1984, the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Chittagong crashed in a swamp near Zia International Airport. All 45 passengers and 4 Fokker F27 crew members died, making it the worst flight disaster in Bangladesh. The flight was piloted by Kaniz Fatema Roksana, the first female commercial pilot in Bangladesh.

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References

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External links

Media linked to Shahjalal International Airport on Wikimedia Commons

• Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh: Airport
• Live Explore Tracking

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