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Revision as of 12:21, 10 July 2011
Shah Amanat International Airport | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh | ||||||||||
Location | Chittagong | ||||||||||
Hub for | Biman Bangladesh Airlines GMG Airlines United Airways Regent Airways | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°14′59″N 91°48′48″E / 22.24972°N 91.81333°E | ||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Shah Amanat International Airport (IATA: CGP, ICAO: VGEG), named after an Islamic saint, serves Bangladesh's south-eastern port city of Chittagong. It was formerly known as MA Hannan International Airport but was renamed on 2 April 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh. The move was controversial since the previous name honored a member of the Awami League who were the opposition party at the time.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Arabia | Sharjah |
Air Asia | Kuala Lumpur |
Bahrain Air | Bahrain |
Bangkok Airways | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Abu Dhabi,Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Cox's Bazar, Dhaka, Dubai,Jeddah,Muscat, Riyadh,Dammam,Doha, Kathmandu, Karachi |
Dragonair | Hong Kong |
GMG Airlines | Kolkata, Dhaka, Cox's Bazaar, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
Gulf Air | Bahrain |
Etihad | Abu Dhabi |
Flydubai | Dubai |
Hainan Airlines | Guangzhou, Kunming |
Jet Airways | Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai |
Kuwait Airways | Kuwait |
RAK Airways | Ras Al Khaimah |
Regent Airways | Dhaka |
Oman Air | Muscat |
Qatar Airways | Doha |
Silk Air | Singapore |
United Airways | Dhaka |
Incidents and Accidents
- 1 July 2005: Flight BG048 from Dubai to Dhaka via Chittagong skidded off runway 23 onto the grass at Shah Amanat International Airport while landing during heavy rain. The right-hand undercarriage of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 caught fire. Ten passengers were injured while exiting the aircraft. An enquiry found no faults with the aircraft and put the blame for the accident on the incompetence of the pilot, whose employment was later terminated
World War II
Known as Chittagong Airfield during World War II, the airport was used as a combat airfield, as well as a supply point and photographic reconnaissance base by the United States Army Air Force Tenth Air Force during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945.[1]
Known American units assigned to Chittagong were:
- 80th Fighter Group, flew P-38 Lightning fighters over Burma between March 1944 and February 1945.
- 8th Reconnaissance Group, between October and December 1944 (various detachments)
- 4th Combat Cargo Group, flew C-46 Commando transports between January and June 1945.
From the airport, the 4th CCG C-46's flew supplies and ammunition which were air-dropped to the advancing Allied forces on the ground. At the end of June, control of the airport was returned to local authorities.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
External links