# Cox's Bazar Airport (CXB / VGCB)

**Cox's Bazar Airport** (IATA: CXB, ICAO: VGCB) is a medium airport in Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. It has one runway, 2,070 m (6,790 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In 2018 it handled 539 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CXB / VGCB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
- Serves: Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
- Elevation: 4 m / 12 ft
- Coordinates: 21.4575, 91.9633
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,070 m / 6,790 ft
- Passengers: 539,000 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_Bazar_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1657851
- Weather station: VGCB · WMO 41992
- Ident: VGCB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,070 m / 6,790 ft | 38 m / 125 ft | Asphalt | 169° / 349° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 9,000 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 14,000 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 25,000 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 35,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 58,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 66,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 41,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 87,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 107,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 154,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 256,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 539,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [CGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgeg.md) Shah Amanat International Airport · Bangladesh · 89 km / 55 mi · Air Astra
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 310 km / 193 mi · Air Astra, US-Bangla Airlines, NovoAir, Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [JSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgjr.md) Jessore Airport · Bangladesh · 346 km / 215 mi · US-Bangla Airlines, NovoAir
- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · Bangladesh · 390 km / 242 mi · Air Astra
- [RJH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgrj.md) Shah Makhdum Airport · Bangladesh · 477 km / 296 mi · NovoAir
- [SPD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsd.md) Saidpur Airport · Bangladesh · 571 km / 355 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CXB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- 2A [Air Astra](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astra) · 3
- VQ [NovoAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/novoair) · 3
- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 2
- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 539K (2018) | #1,083 of 3,974 | #343 in Asia | #3 in BD |
| Longest runway | 2,070 m / 6,790 ft | #3,695 of 29,858 | #1,054 in Asia | #6 in BD |
| Elevation | 4 m / 12 ft | =42,227 of 43,403 | =3,059 in Asia | =15 in BD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 129.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [CGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgeg.md) Shah Amanat International Airport · 89 km / 56 mi
- [VYPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vype.md) Seinzan (Paletwa) Airport · 99 km / 61 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cox's Bazar International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cox's_Bazar_International_Airport&oldid=1372452602), revision of 31 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb/data