Shah Amanat International Airport

Shah Amanat International Airport
Shah Amanat International Airport
	IATA: CGP; ICAO: VGEG CGPLocation of airport in Bangladesh;
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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Location of Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh

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
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.