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Shah Makhdum Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

17/35
  
1,829

6,000
  
Asphalt

Elevation
  
20 m

Serves
  
Rajshahi

Elevation AMSL
  
55 ft / 16.8 m

1,829
  
6,000

Code
  
RJH

Phone
  
+880 721-800153

Shah Makhdum Airport

Operator
  
Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh

Address
  
Rajshahi - Naogaon Highway, Nowhata, Rajshahi, 6210, Bangladesh

Similar
  
University of Rajshahi, Varendra Research Museum, Islami Bank Hospital Rajshahi, Rajshahi Railway Station

Shah Makhdum Airport (IATA: RJH, ICAO: VGRJ) is a domestic airport serving Rajshahi, the principal city of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 55 feet (17 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,829 by 30 metres (6,001 ft × 98 ft).

Incidents and accidents

  • 25 April 2013: A 2-seater Cessna 152 (S2-ABI), a flight training aircraft of Bangladesh Flying Academy crash landed in the airport, while landing in the airport on 4:24 pm. The aircraft flipped upside-down; the flight instructor and trainee pilot inside escaped with minor injuries.
  • 1 April 2015: Another Cessna 152 (S2-ADI) aircraft of Bangladesh Flying Academy crashed at the airport and got engulfed by fire after the pilot conducted a rejected takeoff, sensing technical problems on the aircraft at around 2 pm. The accident left the trainee pilot dead, also leaving the flight instructor with critical burn injuries.After some time,the flight instructor also dead

    • References

    Shah Makhdum Airport Wikipedia
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