# Osmany International Airport (ZYL / VGSY)

**Osmany International Airport** (IATA: ZYL, ICAO: VGSY) is a large airport in Sylhet, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. It has one runway, 2,889 m (9,478 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In 2018 it handled 536 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZYL / VGSY
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
- Serves: Sylhet, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
- Elevation: 15 m / 50 ft
- Coordinates: 24.9640, 91.8647
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,889 m / 9,478 ft
- Passengers: 536,000 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmani_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162139
- Weather station: VGSY · WMO 41891
- Ident: VGSY

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,889 m / 9,478 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 166,000 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 182,000 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 160,000 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 191,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 180,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 210,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 216,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 248,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 293,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 350,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 480,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 536,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 194 km / 121 mi · Air Astra, NovoAir

### Cargo (2)

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 194 km / 121 mi · SkyAir
- [CXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb.md) Cox's Bazar Airport · Bangladesh · 390 km / 242 mi · SkyAir

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines)

### Passenger (2)

- 2A [Air Astra](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astra) · 1
- VQ [NovoAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/novoair) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- S8 [SkyAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 536K (2018) | #1,084 of 3,974 | #344 in Asia | #4 in BD |
| Longest runway | 2,889 m / 9,478 ft | #1,527 of 29,858 | #436 in Asia | #3 in BD |
| Elevation | 15 m / 50 ft | =39,196 of 43,403 | =2,602 in Asia | #7 in BD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BD |

## Radio frequencies

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

## Nearby airports

- [IXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vekr.md) Kailashahar Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [SHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebi.md) Shillong Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [IXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veku.md) Silchar Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · 130 km / 81 mi
- [IXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veat.md) Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [AJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/velp.md) Lengpui 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: “Osmani International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osmani_International_Airport&oldid=1363068999), revision of 7 Jul 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/vgsy/data