Shah Amanat International Airport

Shah Amanat International Airport, Chattogram শাহ আমানত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, চট্টগ্রাম
IATA: CGP ICAO: VGEG
Summary
Airport type	Public, military
Owner	Bangladesh government
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Serves	Chittagong, Bangladesh
Location	Patenga, Chattogram
Focus city for	Biman Bangladesh Airlines US-Bangla Airlines
Built	1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Time zone	Bangladesh Standard Time (+6)
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	22°14′59″N 91°48′48″E / 22.24972°N 91.81333°E / 22.24972; 91.81333 (Shah Amanat International Airport)
Website	caab.gov.bd/airports/chittagong.html
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 9,646 2,940 Concrete / Asphalt
Statistics (January 2018 – January 2018)
Passengers 16,87,523
Source:[1]Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh[2]

Shah Amanat International Airport, Chattogram (IATA: CGP, ICAO: VGEG) (Bengali: শাহ আমানত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, চট্টগ্রাম, Shah Amanôt Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr ćhottoģŕàm ) is an international airport serving Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chittagong. Operated and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, it is the second-largest international airport in Bangladesh after Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is used by the Bangladesh Air Force as a part of 'BAF Zahurul Haq Base'. It was formerly known as MA Hannan International Airport, named after Awami League politician M. A. Hannan, but was renamed on 2 April 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh, after an 18th-century Islamic saint, Shah Amanat. It is capable of annually handling 1.5 million passengers and 6,000 tonnes of cargo.^[3] It also serves as a base for the Arirang Flying School.^[4]