# Shah Makhdum Airport (RJH / VGRJ)

**Shah Makhdum Airport** (IATA: RJH, ICAO: VGRJ) is a medium airport in Rajshahi, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In 2018 it handled 84 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RJH / VGRJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
- Serves: Rajshahi, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
- Elevation: 20 m / 64 ft
- Coordinates: 24.4372, 88.6165
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Passengers: 84,000 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Makhdum_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875736
- Weather station: VGRJ · WMO 41895
- Ident: VGRJ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | 12,000 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 10,000 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 6,000 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 2,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 3,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 37,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 4,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 30,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 52,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 84,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 192 km / 119 mi · US-Bangla Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 1
- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 84K (2018) | #1,881 of 3,974 | #610 in Asia | #7 in BD |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,198 in Asia | =7 in BD |
| Elevation | 20 m / 64 ft | =38,531 of 43,403 | =2,498 in Asia | #5 in BD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [IRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgis.md) Ishurdi Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [SPD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsd.md) Saidpur Airport · 150 km / 93 mi
- [JSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgjr.md) Jessore 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: “Shah Makhdum Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shah_Makhdum_Airport&oldid=1371388702), revision of 26 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/vgrj/data