Cox's Bazar Airport

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Cox's Bazar International Airport

কক্সবাজার বিমানবন্দর
Cox's Bazar Airport (CXB), Bangladesh.JPG
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPeople's Republic of Bangladesh
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Serves Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Elevation  AMSL 12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 21°27′07″N091°57′50″E / 21.45194°N 91.96389°E / 21.45194; 91.96389
Website www.caab.gov.bd
Map
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CXB
Location of airport in Bangladesh
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/359,0002,743 Asphalt
Statistics (August 2022)
Passengers42,091 Decrease2.svg
Source: [1]

Cox's Bazar International Airport( IATA : CXB, ICAO : VGCB) is an international airport in the resort town of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. It is in the process of being upgraded to an international airport. The airport serves the residents of Cox's Bazar as well as tourists to the region. [2] Cox's Bazar Airport is undergoing massive expansion, which is due to be completed by 2023. [3]

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History

During World War II, the British Raj established an airfield near Cox's Bazar. It was converted into a domestic airport by the central government of Pakistan in 1956, seven years after the city was incorporated into the Pakistani province of East Bengal (later East Pakistan). [4] The airport was damaged during the Bangladesh Liberation War and was renovated and reopened in 1972. [5] According to civil aviation sources, in 2009 the government had planned to rapidly modernize the airport to accommodate fighter jets, if required. [6]

Expansion and development

Since 2012, plans to upgrade and expand the airport to allow international arrivals have been under way. [7] [8] Once completed, it will be the fourth international airport in Bangladesh. [9] The two phases of upgrading will let the airport provide better facilities for parking, landing, and take-off for wide-body aircraft such as the B777 or the A330. The first phase of the upgrade cost ৳6 billion (US$56 million). [10]

Under the first phase in 2012, the runway was lengthened from 6,775 feet to 9,000 feet and widened from 120 feet to 200 ft (61 m). [11] The runway's load capability was strengthened and the runway lighting also received an upgrade. Equipment such as instrument landing system, distance measuring equipment, AMeDAS, and VOR was installed. [12] Aircraft Refueling (JET A-1) facilities were available from February 2017 by Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited, an enterprise of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. [13]

Under the second phase, the runway is being expanded by an additional 1,700 feet from its current 9,000 ft (2,700 m) by reclaiming land from the sea. An approximately 1,300-foot stretch of the runway's expanded portion would be over the sea. [14]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Air Astra Dhaka [15]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Chittagong, Dhaka, Saidpur, [16] Sylhet [17] [18]
Novoair Dhaka, Jessore, [19] Rajshahi [20]
US-Bangla Airlines Dhaka, Jessore [21] [22]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Easy Fly Express Dhaka, Jessore [23]
SkyAir Chittagong, Dhaka, Jessore, Sylhet [24]

Incidents and accidents

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh Air Traffic Movement: Passenger: Aerodrome: Cox's Bazar" . Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Biman to launch Sylhet-Cox's Bazar flight from Nov 12". Dhaka Tribune. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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  4. ↑ Barua, Sunil (3 August 2023). "সাগরজলে দেশের দীর্ঘতম রানওয়ে চালু হচ্ছে ডিসেম্বরে". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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  24. ↑ "Sky Capital Cargo destinations". Skycapitalcargo.com.
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