# Tejgaon Airport (VGTJ)

**Tejgaon Airport** (ICAO: VGTJ) is a small airport in Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It has one runway, 2,839 m (9,315 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Bangladesh Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / VGTJ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Bangladesh Air Force
- Serves: Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
- Elevation: 7 m / 24 ft
- Coordinates: 23.7785, 90.3827
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,839 m / 9,315 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejgaon_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3350608
- Weather station: VGTJ · WMO 41923
- Ident: VGTJ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,839 m / 9,315 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° |  |

## Routes

15 destinations in 8 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (15)

- [CLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcm.md) Comilla Airport · Bangladesh · 90 km / 56 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [JSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgjr.md) Jessore Airport · Bangladesh · 141 km / 88 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [IRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgis.md) Ishurdi Airport · Bangladesh · 142 km / 88 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · Bangladesh · 200 km / 124 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [CGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgeg.md) Shah Amanat International Airport · Bangladesh · 224 km / 139 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 234 km / 145 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [CXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcb.md) Cox's Bazar Airport · Bangladesh · 305 km / 190 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [TKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsg.md) Thakurgaon Airport · Bangladesh · 319 km / 198 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 665 km / 413 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 1,535 km / 954 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 2,353 km / 1,462 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [QPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsap.md) Paya Lebar Air Base · Singapore · 2,887 km / 1,794 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,536 km / 2,197 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [AZI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omad.md) Al Bateen Executive Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,637 km / 2,260 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [DIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/otbd.md) Doha International Airport · Qatar · 3,917 km / 2,434 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 15

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,839 m / 9,315 ft | #1,568 of 29,858 | #447 in Asia | #4 in BD |
| Elevation | 7 m / 24 ft | =40,976 of 43,403 | =2,857 in Asia | #12 in BD |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in BD |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · 7.4 km / 4.6 mi
- [IXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veat.md) Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [CLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgcm.md) Comilla Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [BZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgbr.md) Barisal Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [IXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vekw.md) Khowai Airport · 128 km / 80 mi
- [BD-0019](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bd-0019.md) Noakhali Airport · 135 km / 84 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: “Tejgaon Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tejgaon_Airport&oldid=1376801183), revision of 26 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/vgtj/data