# Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC / VGHS)

**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, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In 2018 it handled 8.9 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DAC / VGHS
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
- Serves: Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
- Opened: 1980
- Elevation: 9 m / 30 ft
- Coordinates: 23.8433, 90.3978
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 8,898,000 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
- Website: https://www.hsia.gov.bd/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazrat_Shahjalal_International_Airport (40 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30603
- Weather station: VGHS · WMO 41922
- Ident: VGHS

## Timeline

- 1980: Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport opens.
- 5 Aug 1984: 1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash. 49 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Paved | 144° / 324° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 3,140,000 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 4,205,000 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 4,147,000 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 4,690,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 4,756,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 5,574,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,678,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 5,564,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,289,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,527,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,577,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 8,898,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

17 destinations in 9 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (12)

- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · Bangladesh · 194 km / 121 mi · Air Astra
- [CGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgeg.md) Shah Amanat International Airport · Bangladesh · 229 km / 142 mi · Air Astra
- [SPD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsd.md) Saidpur Airport · Bangladesh · 261 km / 162 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [CXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb.md) Cox's Bazar Airport · Bangladesh · 310 km / 193 mi · Air Astra
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 3,262 km / 2,027 mi · Oman Air
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,521 km / 2,188 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,536 km / 2,197 mi · flydubai
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,618 km / 2,248 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 4,240 km / 2,635 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 4,408 km / 2,739 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 5,231 km / 3,250 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 5,825 km / 3,619 mi · EgyptAir

### Seasonal (1)

- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,618 km / 2,248 mi · Etihad Airways

### Cargo (5)

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 239 km / 149 mi · Easy Fly Express
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,426 km / 886 mi · Easy Fly Express
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 2,331 km / 1,448 mi · Easy Fly Express
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 2,409 km / 1,497 mi · Easy Fly Express
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 2,559 km / 1,590 mi · Easy Fly Express

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (7)

- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 5
- 2A [Air Astra](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astra) · 3
- 5Z [Bismillah Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bismillah-airlines)
- [Fly Dhaka Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-dhaka-airlines)
- VQ [NovoAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/novoair)
- RX [Regent Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/regent-airways)
- 4H [United Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airways)

### Passenger (5)

- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1
- WY [Oman Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oman-air) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- 8E [Easy Fly Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easy-fly-express) · 5

Former hub of [GMG Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gmg-airlines), [Royal Bengal Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-bengal-airline).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8.9M (2018) | #240 of 3,974 | #78 in Asia | #1 in BD |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | #1 in BD |
| Elevation | 9 m / 30 ft | =40,463 of 43,403 | =2,780 in Asia | #9 in BD |
| Age | Opened 1980 | =8,063 of 15,079 | =396 in Asia | #3 in BD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | DHAKA APP | 121.300 |
| ATIS | DHAKA ATIS | 127.400 |
| GND | DHAKA GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | DHAKA RDO | 294.700 |
| TWR | DHAKA TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [IXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veat.md) Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [BZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgbr.md) Barisal Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [IRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgis.md) Ishurdi Airport · 141 km / 88 mi
- [JSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgjr.md) Jessore Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hazrat_Shahjalal_International_Airport&oldid=1374868832), revision of 14 Sep 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/vghs/data