BAF Base Kurmitola

BAF Base Kurmitola বা বি বা ঘাঁটি কুর্মিটোলা
Runway of the airbase
IATA: none ICAO: VBBBD
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Bangladesh Air Force
Location	Kurmitola, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Opened	9 April 2013;11 years ago (2013-04-09)
Coordinates	23°50′13″N90°23′55″E / 23.8369473°N 90.3986193°E / 23.8369473; 90.3986193
Map
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Runways
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BAF Base Kurmitola, formerly known as BAF Base Bangabandhu is a one of nine Bangladeshi Air Force bases ^[1] located at Kurmitola, Dhaka in Bangladesh. ^[2] It is situated near to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

History

In 1941, during the Second World War, the British government built a landing strip at Kurmitola, several kilometres north of Tejgaon, as a spare landing strip for the Tejgaon Airport, which at the time was a military airport, to operate warplanes towards the war fields of Kohima (then in Assam) and Burmese war theatres. In 1981, the landing strip was converted into an international airport. ^[3] At the same area, another airbase was built and inaugurated on 9 April 2013. ^[4] On 10 December 2014, a jet trainer named Hongdu JL-8 was included to the airbase. ^[5] On 4 December 2016, it was granted national standard by the third Hasina ministry. ^[6]

References

1. "বরিশাল ও সিলেটে বিমান ঘাঁটি করার ঘোষণা প্রধানমন্ত্রীর". Dhakatimes24.com (in Bengali). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
2. "বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনীর আন্তঃঘাঁটি এ্যাথলেটিক্স প্রতিযোগিতা সমাপ্ত" (in Bengali). Inter-Services Public Relations. 20 November 2024. Archived from the original on 15 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
3. Hasan, Delwar (2016) [2012]. "হজরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর" [Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport]. Encyclopedia of Dhaka (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 400. ISBN   9789845120197.
4. "বিমান বাহিনী ঘাঁটি বঙ্গবন্ধুর উদ্বোধন". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 9 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
5. "২১ সালের মধ্যে বিমান বাহিনীর আধুনিকায়ন". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 11 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
6. "বিমান বাহিনী ঘাঁটি বঙ্গবন্ধুর মর্যাদাপূর্ণ ন্যাশনাল স্ট্যান্ডার্ড অর্জন". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 4 December 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

External links

• Media related to BAF Base Kurmitola at Wikimedia Commons