Osmani International Airport - Sylhet

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Osmani International Airport
IATA: ZYL - ICAO: VGSY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Serves		Sylhet
Elevation AMSL		50 ft (15 m)
Coordinates		24°57′48″N, 91°52′01″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
11/29	9,478	2,889	Asphalt

Osmani International Airport - Sylhet (IATA: ZYL, ICAO: VGSY) serves Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet and the Division of Sylhet which comprises of the districts Habiganj, Maulavibazar, Sunamganj and Sylhet. It was formerly known as Sylhet Civil Airport, and was named after General M A G Osmani, a Bangladeshi Independence War hero who served as the Supreme Commander of the Mukti Bahini (Freedom Force) and Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War. General Osmani was born in Sylhet in 1918.

The airport was built during British rule of the Indian Subcontinent, partly to check Japanese aggression from Burma.

Most flights to Osmani Internaitonal Airport are from Zia International Airport in Dhaka, however there are some international flights as well.

Cities with direct air routes from Osmani International Airport are:

• Abu Dhabi (Biman, inbound flight only)
• Dhaka (Biman, GMG Airlines)
• Doha (Biman, inbound flight only)
• Dubai (Biman, inbound flight only)
• London Heathrow (Biman, inbound flight only)

[edit] External lin

• World Aero Data airport information for VGSY