South Asia
Bangladesh
Dhaka Division

Shahjalal International Airport

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka is the main serving , the capital city of , and it is the largest airport in the country.
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  • Email: dhsia@caab.gov.bd
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Primary Airport of Bangladesh, Serves the capital City Dhaka
  • Also known as: “DAC”, “Dhaka Airport”, “Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport”, “VGHS”, “VGZR”, and “Zia International Airport”
  • Address: Airport Road Sector 1, Kurmitola, Dhaka, 1229

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dhaka Airport Railway Station and Dhaka Cantonment.

Railway station
Photo: NahidSultan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airport railway station or Biman Bandar railway station is a railway station in , the capital of . Situated opposite to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, it can be accessed from the Airport Road.

Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is a railway station located in , Bangladesh. It is notable as one of the termini of the Bangladesh-India Maitree Express & Mitali Express international passenger train service.

Golf course
Photo: Asivechowdhury, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a golf club in Dhaka Cantonment, operated by Bangladesh Army. The present president of the club Lieutenant General Khan Firoz Ahmed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uttara Model Town and Baridhara.

Suburb
The 3rd Phase of Uttara Residential Model Town is an extension to the .

Suburb
is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located on the east of and northeast of Gulshan across Gulshan-Baridhara Lake. It has special zones designated for diplomats, and many of the city's foreign embassies and high commissions are situated here.

Photo: TasminTripty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The outer suburbs of are a large semi-rural and industrial area in the north and east of the capital. Uttara, in the north, is home to the major entry point for most visitors to the country, Shahjalal International Airport.

Shahjalal International Airport

Latitude
23.84233° or 23° 50′ 32″ north
Longitude
90.40173° or 90° 24′ 6″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Operator
বাংলাদেশ বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষ
IATA airport code
DAC
ICAO airport code
VGHS
Open location code
7MMGRCR2+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 622496483
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6301871
Wiki­data ID
Q30603
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Shahjalal International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hazrat Shahjalal Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار شاه جلال الدولي”
  • Basque: “Shahjalal Nazioarteko Aireportua”
  • Bengali: “জিয়া আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Bengali: “শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Bengali: “হজরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Bengali: “হযরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport internacional Hazrat Shahjalal”
  • Cebuano: “Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport”
  • Cebuano: “Kurmitola”
  • Chinese: “沙阿賈拉勒國際機場”
  • Chinese: “沙阿贾拉勒国际机场”
  • Chinese: “達卡國際機場”
  • Chinese: “齊亞國際機場”
  • Chinese: “齐亚国际机场”
  • Czech: “Letiště Dháka”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Hazrata Šáhdžalála”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Dhaka”
  • Esperanto: “DAC”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno “Hazrat Ŝahĝalal””
  • Esperanto: “VGHS”
  • Esperanto: “VGZR”
  • Estonian: “Shahjalali rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “DAC”
  • Finnish: “Shahjalal International Airport”
  • Finnish: “Shahjalalin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international Shah Jalal”
  • French: “Aéroport international Shah Jalal”
  • French: “Aéroport international Zia”
  • French: “DAC”
  • French: “Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka”
  • French: “VGHS”
  • German: “DAC”
  • German: “Dhaka Airport”
  • German: “Flughafen Dhaka”
  • German: “VGZR”
  • German: “Zia International Airport”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי שאהג’לאל”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי שאהג’לאל”
  • Hindi: “जिया हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hindi: “ढाका अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “शाह जलाल अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “हज़रत शाहजलाल अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Shahjalal nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Shahjalal”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Zia”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Shahjalal”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Zia”
  • Indonesian: “DAC”
  • Indonesian: “Shahjalal International Airport”
  • Indonesian: “VGHS”
  • Indonesian: “VGZR”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Dacca-Hazrat Shahjalal”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Zia”
  • Italian: “Shahjalal International Airport”
  • Italian: “Zia International Airport”
  • Japanese: “ジア国際空港”
  • Japanese: “シャージャラル国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ダッカ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ダッカ空港”
  • Japanese: “ハズラット・シャージャラール国際空港”
  • Korean: “다카 국제공항”
  • Korean: “샤 잘랄 국제공항”
  • Korean: “샤잘란 국제공항”
  • Korean: “샤잘랄 국제공항”
  • Korean: “하즈랏 샤잘랄 국제공항”
  • Latvian: “Hazrata šaha Džalala starptautiskā lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Shahjalal”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Zia”
  • Marathi: “शाहजलाल आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Nepali: “हजरत शाहजलाल अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Newari: “जिया विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dhaka internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Dhaka internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی شاه جلال”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی شاه‌جلال”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Dhaka”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Hazrat Shahjalal”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Zia”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Zia”
  • Portuguese: “DAC”
  • Portuguese: “VGHS”
  • Portuguese: “VGZR”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Shahjalal”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Shahjalal”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Шаха Джалала”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Daca-Hazrat Shahjalal”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Hazrat Shahjalal”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Zia”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Zia”
  • Spanish: “DAC”
  • Spanish: “VGHS”
  • Spanish: “VGZR”
  • Swedish: “Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport”
  • Swedish: “Kurmitola”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ Шоҳ-Ҷалол”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмиллалии Шоҳ‌ҷалол”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Дака”
  • Ukrainian: “Дакка”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Шахджалал”
  • Uzbek: “Hazrati Shohjalol xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Shahjalal”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Zia”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Shahjalal”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙阿贾拉勒国际机场”
  • “DAC”
  • “VGHS”
  • “VGZR”

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