Zia International Airport
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Zia International Airport
Zia Antorjatik Bimanbôndor
IATA: DAC - ICAO: VGZR
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Serves Dhaka
Elevation AMSL 30 ft (9 m)
Coordinates 23°50′36″N, 090°23′52″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 10,500 3,200 Concrete/Asphalt
Zia International Airport (IATA: DAC, ICAO: VGZR) (Bengali: Zia Antorjatik
Bimanbôndor) is the largest airport in Bangladesh located in Uttara, Dhaka.
It started operation in 1981, and was named after Bangladesh's former
president, Ziaur Rahman. It is the home base and hub of Biman Bangladesh
Airlines and GMG Airlines.
It has an area of 1981 acres. Nearly 52% of the country's international and
domestic arrivals and departures occur through Zia Airport, while country's
second largest international airport at Chittagong handles about 17% of the
passengers. About 3.8 million international and 0.8 million domestic
passengers and 105,000 tons of freight and mail annually pass through Zia
International Airport.
Zia Airport has terminal buildings, hangars, technical areas, a freight
village (warehouse), and other modern equipment for handling aircraft. It
connects almost all the major cities of the world with Bangladesh. From
here, Biman Bangladesh goes to 31 cities on 4 continents.
Airlines
* Air India (Kolkata, New Delhi)
* Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Chittagong, Cox's
Bazar, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Jessore, Karachi, Kathmandu,
Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Muscat, New
Delhi, Rajshahi, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Singapore, Sylhet)
* British Airways (London-Heathrow)
* Cathay Pacific
o Dragonair (Hong Kong)
* Druk Air (Bangkok, Paro)
* China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Kunming)
* Cosmic Air (Kathmandu)
* Emirates (Dubai)
* Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
* GMG Airlines (Bangkok, Barisal, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Delhi, Jessore,
Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Kolkata, Sylhet)
* Gulf Air (Bahrain, Muscat)
* Indian Airlines (Kolkata)
* Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
* Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
* Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi)
* Qatar Airways (Doha)
* Saudi Arabian Airlines (Damman, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh)
* Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
* Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
Accidents
* August 4, 1984 a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Chittagong crashed
in the swamps near Zia airport [1]. All 45 passengers and 4 crew of the
Fokker F-27 died. The flight was piloted by Kaniz Fatema Roksana, the
country's first female commercial pilot.
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