2.2.12 Tejgaon

Tejgaon Airport in served as the country's sole prior to the construction of Shahjalal International Airport. Following the transfer of civilian flights to the newly built Shahjalal International Airport in 1981, Tejgaon was taken under the control of the .

It is probable that Tejgaon Airport will be an important operational base for air relief operations (as it was during Cyclone Sidr emergency operations in 2007) for the Armed Forces Division and the Air Force and the other Bangladesh Defense Forces. The compound includes all necessary facilities (storage capacities, operational rooms, etc.) as well as significant areas for open storage and/or setting up Mobile Storage Units (MSU's).

General Information

ICAO ID VGTJ Time UTC+6

Latitude 23.778783 (23° 46' 43.62" N) Longitude 90.382689 (090° 22' 57.68" E)

Elevation 24 feet (7 meters) Type Military

Magnetic Variation 000° W (05/06) Operating Agency Military

Runways

ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS

17/35 9315 x 98 feet (2839 x 30 meters) Asphalt 012FCYT NO

Description Runway 17 Runway 35

Surface Asphalt Asphalt

True Heading 1.640 3.440

Latitude 23.791131 (23° 47' 28.07" N) 23.766436 (23° 45' 59.17" N)

Longitude 90.378953 (090° 22' 44.23" E) 90.386422 (090° 23' 11.12" E)

Landing Distance 7530 feet (2295 meters) 8310 feet (2533 meters)

Takeoff Distance 9315 feet (2839 meters) 9315 feet (2839 meters)

Displaced Threshold Length 1785 feet (544 meters) 1005 feet (306 meters)

Bangladesh Common Information Airport Charges

Bangladesh additional info

Bangladesh Costs 2013 Airfield Charges

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

For contact details, please see the following link:

4.5 Bangladesh Airport Contact List

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