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Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

ICAO VGHS23.8433°N 90.3978°E9 m / 30 ftLarge airport
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Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (IATA: DAC, ICAO: VGHS) is a large airport in Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It opened in 1980. It has one runway, 3,505 m (11,500 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In 2018 it handled 8.9 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1980–1984
1980
OpenedHazrat Shahjalal International Airport opens.
05 AUG 1984
Disaster1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash.49 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরHazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Terminal-3
14/32144° / 324° · LIT
LENGTH3,505 m11,500 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEPaved

Passengers per year

2007–2018
3.1M
4.2M
4.1M
4.7M
4.8M
5.6M
5.7M
5.6M
6.3M
6.5M
7.6M
8.9M
070809101112131415161718

Routes

17 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miZYL · Osmany International Airport · 194 km / 121 miCGP · Shah Amanat International Airport · 229 km / 142 miSPD · Saidpur Airport · 261 km / 162 miCXB · Cox's Bazar Airport · 310 km / 193 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 3,262 km / 2,027 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 3,521 km / 2,188 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 3,536 km / 2,197 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 3,618 km / 2,248 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 4,240 km / 2,635 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 4,408 km / 2,739 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 5,231 km / 3,250 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 5,825 km / 3,619 miCCU · Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 239 km / 149 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 1,426 km / 886 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 2,331 km / 1,448 miHKG · Hong Kong International Airport · 2,409 km / 1,497 miCGO · Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · 2,559 km / 1,590 miCAIJEDRUHKWIAUHCGOHKGDELCXBSPDMCTCCUZYLDXBCANCGPDAC
Year-round12
ZYLOsmany International AirportBangladesh · Air Astra194 km121 miCGPShah Amanat International AirportBangladesh · Air Astra229 km142 miSPDSaidpur AirportBangladesh · US-Bangla Airlines261 km162 miCXBCox's Bazar AirportBangladesh · Air Astra310 km193 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Oman Air3,262 km2,027 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · US-Bangla Airlines3,521 km2,188 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai3,536 km2,197 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · US-Bangla Airlines3,618 km2,248 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways4,240 km2,635 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · US-Bangla Airlines4,408 km2,739 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · US-Bangla Airlines5,231 km3,250 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir5,825 km3,619 mi
Most destinationsUS-Bangla Airlines 5Easy Fly Express 5Air Astra 3Oman Air 1flydubai 1Jazeera Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DAC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers8.9M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#240of 3,974 · #78 Asia · #1 BDLongest runway3,505 m11,500 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=471of 29,823 · =145 Asia · #1 BDElevation9 m30 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,403of 43,341 · =2,785 Asia · #9 BDAgeOpened 19802026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,069of 15,079 · =397 Asia · #3 BDRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =1 BD
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPDHAKA APP121.300
ATISDHAKA ATIS127.400
GNDDHAKA GND121.800
RDODHAKA RDO294.700
TWRDHAKA TWR118.300