Shah Makhdum Airport

IATA: RJH – ICAO: VGRJ

RJH

Location of airport in Bangladesh

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh

Serves

Rajshahi

Elevation AMSL

55 ft / 16.8 m

Coordinates

24°26′13″N 088°36′59″E / 24.43694°N 88.61639°ECoordinates: 24°26′13″N 088°36′59″E / 24.43694°N 88.61639°E

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
17/35	1,829	6,000	Asphalt

Source: DAFIF^[1]^[2]

Shah Makhdum Airport (IATA: RJH, ICAO: VGRJ) is a domestic airport serving Rajshahi,^[1] the principal city of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh. In April 2015, the national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed weekly flights after a suspension of eight years.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
US-Bangla Airlines	Dhaka
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Dhaka

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 55 feet (17 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,829 by 30 metres (6,001 ft × 98 ft).^[1]

Incidents and accidents

25 April 2013: A 2-seater Cessna 152 (S2-ABI), a flight training aircraft of Bangladesh Flying Academy crash landed in the airport, while landing in the airport on 4:24 pm.^[4] The aircraft flipped upside-down; the flight instructor and trainee pilot inside escaped with minor injuries.^[4]
1 April 2015: Another Cessna 152 (S2-ADI) aircraft of Bangladesh Flying Academy crashed at the airport and got engulfed by fire after the pilot conducted a rejected takeoff, sensing technical problems on the aircraft at around 2 pm.^[5] The accident left the trainee pilot dead, also leaving the flight instructor with critical burn injuries.^[5]

References

1 2 3 Airport information for VGRJ from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
↑ Airport information for RJH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
↑ "Biman resumes flights to Rajshahi, Barisal". The Daily Star. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
1 2 "Training plane crashes in Rajshahi". The Daily Star. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
1 2 "Plane crash in Rajshahi kills female pilot". The Daily Star. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

External links

Airports in Bangladesh

International	Dhaka-Shahjalal International (DAC) Chittagong (CGP) Sylhet (ZYL)

Domestic	Barisal (BZL) Cox's Bazar (CXB) Ishwardi (IRD) Jessore (JSR) Rajshahi (RJH) Saidpur (SPD) Dhaka-Tejgaon Bagerhat (planned)

STOL (Short Take-off and Landing) ports	Comilla (CLA) Lalmonirhat (LLJ) Shamshernagar (ZHM) Thakurgaon (TKR) Bogra (BGG) (under construction) Noakhali Airport (under construction)

Unused Airports	Chakaria Feni Maulvi Bazar Pahar Kanchanpur Rajendrapur Rasulpur Sandwip (SDW) Sirajganj (SAJ)

Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on one or more commercial airlines.

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