Shamshernagar Airport
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| IATA: ZHM – ICAO: VGSH | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | CAAB | ||||||||||
| Serves | Moulvibazar | ||||||||||
| Location | Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 58 ft / 18 m | ||||||||||
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Shamshernagar Airport (IATA: ZHM, ICAO: VGSH) is a public use airport 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. It is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). Due to the short length of the runway it is restricted to STOL aircraft. As of July 2015, no scheduled passenger flights serve the airport, but civil air operations are allowed with prior approval.[3][4]
The U.S. 61st Air Service Group was based at Shamshernagar in the final months of World War II.[5]
On 31 December 1970, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 of Pakistan International Airlines on approach to Shamshernagar crash-landed short of the runway, turned over to the right, and burned. Seven of the 31 passengers on board died.[6]
According to East Pakistan Air Operations, 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, Shamshernagar was the base of the first fighting formation of what would become the Bangladesh Air Force: a DC-3 Dakota, a DHC-3 Otter, and an Alouette III helicopter together known as Kilo Force.
According to CAAB, currently airlines do not serve Shamshernagar because demand is too low for a route to be commercially viable without smaller aircraft than those the airlines operate. The Independent reported a senior CAAB official as saying, "If the airlines are not interested in using our airports, we can't force them to." The same official said a government subsidy could convince airlines to use Shamshernagar. As it is now, airport staff are paid without having to work.[7]
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- Airport record for Shamshernagar Airport at Landings.com
- ASN accident history for ZHM
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for VGSH
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- ↑ Airport record for Shamshernagar Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08
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