Jashore Airport

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Jashore Airport

যশোর বিমানবন্দর
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Summary
Airport typeMilitary & Public
Owner Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Serves Jashore & Khulna
LocationArabpur, Jashore
Opened1951(73 years ago) (1951)
Built1940(84 years ago) (1940) as RAF Base, Jashore
Elevation  AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 23°11′01″N89°09′39″E / 23.18361°N 89.16083°E / 23.18361; 89.16083
Website www.caab.gov.bd/airports/jessore.html
Map
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Location of airport in Bangladesh
Jashore Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/348,0002,438 Asphalt
Statistics (January 2023 – December 2023)
Passengers1,75,596 Decrease2.svg
Source: [1]

Jashore Airport( IATA : JSR, ICAO : VGJR) is a domestic airport in Jashore, Bangladesh that is operated and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority. It is also used by the Bangladesh Air Force as part of BAF Matiur Rahman Base and training airfield for the Bangladesh Air Force Academy. Currently it has seven daily flights to Dhaka and a weekly flight to Cox's Bazar. It is the only operational airport of the Khulna Division and the fifth busiest airport of Bangladesh. [2] The airport is located 6 km west of downtown Jashore.

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History

Jessore Airport was established by the Royal Air Force in 1940 to protect British India from Japanese aggression during World War II. When British India gained independence after World War II, the Government of Pakistan opened the airport as a base for the Pakistan Air Force. Later in 1951 Pakistan International Airlines started operating flights from Jessore to Dhaka, Karachi, Lahore and Chattogram. At that time they operated only two flights a week from Dhaka to Jessore. And from 1951 to March 1971, the airport was used jointly by Pakistan International Airlines and Pakistan Air Force. When the war of independence started in Bangladesh in March 1971, Pakistan Air Force started using it for conducting war activities. On 6 December 1971, a Joint force of the Indian Army and the Liberation Army invaded East Pakistan, causing extensive damage to the airport. And when the city of Jessore fell, the entire Jessore District, including the airport, came under the joint forces of the Indian Army and the Liberation Army. And the Indian Air Force compensates the airport and makes it usable. Later, when Bangladesh became independent in 1972, the Indian Air Force handed over to the Bangladesh Air Force and Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed flights from Dhaka to Jessore. [3]

Development

On 31 July 2023, a new terminal building constructed at a cost of ৳32.89 crore (US$2.7 million) was inaugurated by the State Minister for Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Md. Mahbub Ali. [4] The new terminal building will be able to handle 1 million passengers per year and it consists of eight check-in counters, five luggage scanning machines, five archways, VIP lounges, and car parking. [5]

In order to make the airport an international standard another project worth ৳350 crore (US$29 million) has been taken to upgrade the runway. [6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Chittagong, Dhaka [7]
Novoair Cox's Bazar, [8] Dhaka [9]
US-Bangla Airlines Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Dhaka [10]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Easy Fly Express Cox's Bazar [11]

See also

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