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VGEG Shah Amanat International Airport IFR

  • Name
    Shah Amanat International Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    VGEG / CGP / VGEG
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    3:23 pm (BST)
  • Municipality
    Chattogram (Chittagong)
  • Coordinates
    22° 14′ 58″ N 91° 48′ 47″ E
  • Elevation
    14 ft (4 m MSL)

About Shah Amanat International Airport

Shah Amanat International Airport (IATA: CGP, ICAO: VGEG) (Bengali: শাহ আমানত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, romanized: Shah Amanôt Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr) is an international airport serving Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chattogram. Operated and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, it is the second-largest international airport in Bangladesh after Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is used by the Bangladesh Air Force as a part of 'BAF Zahurul Haq Base'.

It was formerly known as MA Hannan International Airport, named after Awami League politician M. A. Hannan, but was renamed on 2 April 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh, after an 18th-century Islamic saint, Shah Amanat. It is capable of annually handling 1.5 million passengers and 6,000 tonnes of cargo. It also serves as a base for the Arirang Flying School. Shah Amanat International airport is also a base for the Bangladesh Air Force known as the BAF Zahurul Haq Base which also has facilities for the Bangladesh Naval Aviation and a Bangladesh Army Aviation base.

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