Cox's Bazar International Airport (IATA: CXB, ICAO: VGCB) is a domestic airport in the resort town of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The airport services both local residents of Cox's Bazar as well as tourists to the region. In November 2020, Biman Bangladesh Airlines started flight between Sylhet to Cox's Bazar, which was in a first, a direct flight between two cities without any connecting flight from Dhaka.[2]

Cox's Bazar International Airport কক্সবাজার আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর
IATA: CXB ICAO: VGCB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	People's Republic of Bangladesh
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Serves	Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	21°27′07″N 091°57′50″E
Website	www.caab.gov.bd
Map
CXB Location of airport in Bangladesh
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (January 2018 – January 2018)
Passengers 39,267
Source:[1]

Expansion and development

Cox's Bazar Airport is in the process of being upgraded to an international airport in order to attract more tourists.[3][4] This will make it the fourth international airport in Bangladesh.[5] The two phases of upgrading, will make the airport able to provide better facilities for parking, landing and take-off for wide-body aircraft such as B777 or A330. The first phase of the upgrade cost ৳6 billion (US$64 million).[6] The second phase of the upgrade will cost US$230 million.

Under the first phase in 2012 the airport's runway lengthened from 6,790 feet to 9,000 feet, and widened from 150 feet to 200 feet. The runways load capability was strengthened for wide-body operation, while the runway lighting also received an upgrade. Equipment such as instrument landing system, distance measuring equipment, AMeDAS and VOR was installed.[7] Aircraft Refueling (JET A-1 ) Facilities were available from February 2017 by Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited, an Enterprise of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.[8]

Under the second phase the runway will be expanded from 9000 feet to 12000 feet.[9] Inspired by Hong Kong International Airport, the government in Bangladesh undertook the ambitious runway expansion at the Cox's Bazar airport by reclaiming land from the sea in a bid to woo tourists to the beach town. Building such a runway on sea is not only expensive, but requires expertise possessed by only a few companies worldwide. In June 2020, CAAB (Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh) selected CRCC Harbour-CCECC a Chinese joint venture after scrutinizing their technical and financial proposals for the tender.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Incidents and accidents

• On 20 July 2014 the nose gear of an ATR 72-200 of United Airways collapsed after safely landing in the airport, en route from Dhaka.[18]
• On 9 March 2016 an Antonov An-26 of True Aviation crashed into the Bay of Bengal shortly after take-off.[19]
• On 30 November 2021 an Boeing 737-800 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines as BG-437 on the way to Dhaka hit two cows on the runway at the time of takeoff, killing them on spot. However, the plane landed safely at Shahjalal International Airport. All 94 passengers and crew were safe.[20]

See also

• List of airports in Bangladesh

References

External links

Media related to Cox's Bazar Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Cox's Bazar Airport
• Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh: Airports

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