Bogra Airport

BAF Station Bogura


বিএএফ স্টেশন বগুড়া
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorBangladesh Air Force
ServesBogura
LocationBangladesh
OpenedMarch 12, 2005 (2005-03-12)
Elevation AMSL65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates24°52′0.4″N 89°18′59.5″E / 24.866778°N 89.316528°E / 24.866778; 89.316528 (Bogra Airport (Bogra))
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VGBG is located in Bangladesh
VGBG
VGBG
Location of Bogra Airport in Bangladesh
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 2,990 911 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com[1][2]

BAF Station Bogura (ICAO: VGBG) is a Bangladeshi Air Force base[3] but planned for public use airport 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of Bogra, in northern Bangladesh. It is operated by the Bangladesh Air Force. As of July 2015, no scheduled passenger flights serve the airport, but civil air operations are allowed with prior approval.[4][5]

History

The airport was dedicated on 12 March 2005.[6] According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), airlines do not serve Bogra because demand is too low for a route to be commercially viable without smaller aircraft than those the airlines operate. The Independent reported a senior CAAB official as saying, "If the airlines are not interested in using our airports, we can't force them to." The same official said a government subsidy could convince airlines to use Bogra. For now, airport staff are paid without having to work.[7]

Bangladesh Air Force trainer PT-06 aircraft landing at Bogra STOL airport at 9 A.M in September 2016.

Bangladesh Air Force currently use this airport for general duty pilot training.

On 22 October 2009, a PT-6 training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Bogra. It crash-landed on the runway and flipped over, severely damaging the aircraft and injuring the pilot and co-pilot.[8][9]

Airlines and destination

Currently there are no scheduled flights operated by any airlines.

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport record for Bogra Airport Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08
  2. ^ "location of Bogra Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  3. ^ "বরিশাল ও সিলেটে বিমান ঘাঁটি করার ঘোষণা প্রধানমন্ত্রীর". Dhakatimes24.com (in Bengali). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ "VGBG AD 2-1" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  5. ^ "Airports in Bangladesh". Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. ^ "Bogra Airfield launched Saturday". bdnews24.com. 2005-03-11.
  7. ^ Rahman, SM Mizanur (18 August 2014). "Domestic airports lie unused". The Independent. Dhaka.
  8. ^ "BAF training aircraft crashes in Bogra: 2 pilots injured". United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  9. ^ "BAF training plane crashes in Bogra: Pilots Safe". The Daily Star. 23 October 2009.
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