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Zia International Airport জিয়া আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর Zia Antorjatik Bimanbôndor

IATA: DAC – ICAO: VGZR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Location		Dhaka
Elevation AMSL		27 ft / 8 m
Coordinates		23°50′34″N 090°24′02″E / 23.84278, 90.40056 (Zia International Airport)
Website		www.caab.gov.bd/adinfo
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
14/32	3,200	10,499	Concrete/Asphalt
Sources: Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh^[1]

Zia International Airport (IATA: DAC, ICAO: VGZR) (Bengali: Zia Antorjatik Bimanbôndor) is the largest airport in Bangladesh and is located in Kurmitola, 11 NM (20 km/13 mi) north of Dhaka,^[1] with Dhaka Cantonment on one side and Uttara Residential Area on the other. It started operations in 1981, and was named after Bangladesh's former president, Ziaur Rahman. It is the home base and hub of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, GMG Airlines, Best Air and United Airways (Bangladesh).

It has an area of 1,981 acres (802 ha). 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 per cent of passengers. About 3.8 million international and 0.8 million domestic passengers and 105,000 tons of freight and mail pass through Zia International Airport annually.

Zia Airport has terminal buildings, hangars, technical areas, a freight village (warehouse), and other modern equipment for handling aircraft. It connects many major cities of the world with Bangladesh. From here, Biman Bangladesh flies to 24 cities on two continents.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Current airlines

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AirAsia X (Kuala Lumpur) chartered
Air India
- Air-India Express (Delhi, Kolkata)
Air Arabia (Sharjah)
Bahrain Air (Bahrain) [Subject to Govt Approval]
Best Air (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chittagong, Colombo, Male, Singapore
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Muscat, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Singapore, Sylhet)
British Airways (London-Heathrow) [ends 29 March]
China Eastern Airlines (Kunming, Beijing - Shanghai-Pudong)
Dragonair (Hong Kong)
Druk Air (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Paro)
Emirates Airline (Dubai)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
GMG Airlines (Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Sylhet, Jessore, Barisal, Delhi, Karachi, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai)
Gulf Air (Bahrain)
Jet Airways (Delhi, Kolkata)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
RAK Airways (Ras Al Khaimah)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Damman, Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
United Airways (Bangladesh) (Barisal, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Jessore, Kolkata, Sylhet)
Yemenia (Sana'a)

[edit] Cargo airlines

Air France Cargo^[2]
Biman Cargo^[3]
Bismillah Airlines^[4]
British Airways World Cargo^[5]
Cathay Pacific Cargo
Emirates SkyCargo^[6]
Empost^[7]
FedEx Express^[8]
Qatar Airways Cargo^[9]
Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo^[10]
Singapore Airlines Cargo^[11]
TransGlobal Airways (Manila-Clark) chartered
Yangtze River Express

[edit] Proposed airlines

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The following airlines are showing interest and planning to launch flights to Dhaka:

airblue (Karachi)
Bahrain Air (Bahrain)
Jetstar Asia Airways (Singapore)
Kang Pacific Airlines (Fujairah, Manila)
Kingfisher Airlines (Kolkata)
Lion Air (Jakarta)
Oman Air (Muscat)
Shenzhen Airlines (Shenzhen)
SriLankan Airlines (Colombo, Kathmandu)

[edit] Accidents

August 4, 1984, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Chittagong crashed in the swamps near Zia Airport.^[12] All 45 passengers and 4 crew of the Fokker F27 died. The flight was piloted by Kaniz Fatema Roksana, the country's first female commercial pilot.