# Jessore Airport (JSR / VGJR)

**Jessore Airport** (IATA: JSR, ICAO: VGJR) is a medium airport in Jashore (Jessore), Khulna Division, Bangladesh. It opened in 1951. It has one runway, 2,438 m (8,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In 2018 it handled 294 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JSR / VGJR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
- Serves: Jashore (Jessore), Khulna Division, Bangladesh
- Opened: 1951 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: 23.1838, 89.1608
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,438 m / 8,000 ft
- Passengers: 294,000 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jashore_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1929029
- Weather station: VGJR · WMO 41936
- Ident: VGJR

## Timeline

- 1951: Jessore Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,438 m / 8,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 29,000 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 31,000 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 52,000 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 51,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 83,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 82,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 105,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 103,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 105,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 137,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 230,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 294,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 146 km / 91 mi · US-Bangla Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [CGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgeg.md) Shah Amanat International Airport · Bangladesh · 291 km / 181 mi · US-Bangla Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [CXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb.md) Cox's Bazar Airport · Bangladesh · 346 km / 215 mi · US-Bangla Airlines

### Cargo (1)

- [CXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb.md) Cox's Bazar Airport · Bangladesh · 346 km / 215 mi · Easy Fly Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 3
- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 2

### Cargo (1)

- 8E [Easy Fly Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easy-fly-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 294K (2018) | #1,358 of 3,974 | #438 in Asia | #6 in BD |
| Longest runway | 2,438 m / 8,000 ft | =2,750 of 29,858 | =867 in Asia | #5 in BD |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =2,909 in Asia | #14 in BD |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =194 in Asia | #2 in BD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [IRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgis.md) Ishurdi Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [BZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgbr.md) Barisal Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · 146 km / 91 mi
- [RJH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgrj.md) Shah Makhdum Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Jashore Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jashore_Airport&oldid=1374071921), revision of 9 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/vgjr/data