AviatDataHazrat Shahjalal International Airport DAC / VGHS
Dhaka, Dhaka Division · Bangladesh · Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) — statutory government authority under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
12.7Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas · bonded
ICAO / IATAVGHS / DAC
OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) — statutory government authority under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Coordinates23.8433°N, 90.3978°E
Elevation27 ft · 8 m
Time zoneBDT (UTC+6, no DST)
Passengers / yr12,720,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas
BondedYes
AIP referenceVGHS — Bangladesh AIP AD 2.VGHS (Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh eAIP)
Operating hoursH24 — airport, ATC tower, customs and immigration all operate 24 hours; single-runway field running near double its original design capacity, so PPR/slot coordination is advised for non-scheduled operators
TerminalsTerminal 1 and Terminal 2 (international, sharing one building — arrivals/immigration/customs on the ground floor, check-in and departure immigration upstairs) plus a separate single-storey Domestic Terminal; Terminal 3 (construction ~98-99% complete) was ceremonially inaugurated by the then-PM in Oct 2023 but has never opened to passengers — as of Aug 2026 the government is targeting a soft opening on 16 Dec 2026, though the operating agreement with its Japanese-led consortium remains unsigned
Runways (1)
- 14/32 · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT I (both directions)
Airport contact
Bangladesh's principal international gateway and sole hub for Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla Airlines and Novoair, handling roughly 10.3M international and 2.4M domestic passengers in 2025; the single runway is heavily congested (operating at near double its original ~8M-pax design capacity). Terminal 3 — physically nearly complete and briefly, ceremonially opened in Oct 2023 without ever handling passengers — is now targeting a soft opening on 16 Dec 2026 (announced Aug 2026), which would roughly double design capacity to ~20M pax/year once fully commissioned; a second, dependent parallel runway and an extension of the existing runway to ~3,692m have been proposed by CAAB to relieve congestion but remain unfunded/unscheduled, with no construction start date confirmed.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 4 providers
Biman Bangladesh Airlines / Biman Ground Handling
Wholly-owned Biman Ground Handling is the assigned ground handling agent for Biman and other scheduled international/domestic carriers at HSIA (confirmed via HSIA's own Wikipedia-sourced profile: "ground handling at the airport is provided by Biman Ground Handling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biman Bangladesh Airlines"). Awarded ground-handling rights for Terminal 3 (contract Oct 2024, initial 2-year term) ahead of that terminal's opening, which as of the most recent reporting is expected around Dec 2026/early 2027, not yet operational; CAAB has said a second handler will be added there for competition. Ground Service Dept, Admin Building, HSIA.
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ASL Systems
FBO-style ground handling at HSIA for overflight, business-jet, VIP, cargo, medevac and military flights; company site confirms a "Ground Support Services wing for VIP, Diplomatic, and Business flights" and cites "1,831 Aircraft ground-support logistics executed." Company states it has operated in Bangladesh since 1997 and describes itself as the country's leading ground-support provider - unconfirmed beyond own site. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Advance Aviation Management Ltd (AAML)
Confirmed via aamlbd.com: ramp supervision, GSE provision, limousine services, passenger/crew support, cargo build-up/break-down/ULD management, and fuel/catering/hotel/engineering coordination bundled with its permit service for GA/charter flights at HSIA.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Shafayet Aviation Management Ltd (SAML)
Confirmed via samlbd.com: ground handling listed as a core service alongside permits, credit facility and catering service, for technical-landing, business, private, VIP, medical, charter, cargo and special flights at HSIA.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
Padma Oil Company Limited (POCL)
Sole Jet A-1 supplier and into-plane fuelling operator in Bangladesh, via the Kurmitola Aviation Depot at HSIA (fed by tank lorries from the Godnail depot); a subsidiary of state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation - role and depot are well-established and consistent with known industry facts. Hydrant dispenser and bowser refuelling available 24 hours; AVGAS 100LL also stocked for general aviation. Phone number from the draft (•••) has an implausible digit count for a Dhaka line and could not be verified against a primary source, so it has been removed rather than published as fact. · 24 hours
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
On request
HANSA Aircraft Services (HANSA Aviation)
Correction: the draft's "AVIET Technic - HANSA Aviation Limited" with "EASA Part-145 approved" status and boarding-bridge 9/10 location could not be corroborated. The real, verifiable entity is HANSA Aircraft Services (branded HANSA Aviation), corporate office Level-05, Borak Mehnur, 51/B, Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka-1213 (matches draft's Banani location), operating at HSIA. Per its own site, HANSA describes itself as "a CAAB approved (In Process)" Part-145 maintenance organization - i.e. CAAB approval pending, not EASA, and not yet finalized - and "presently offers line maintenance specifically for Boeing 737-800 aircraft," narrower than the draft's "scheduled and non-scheduled commercial aircraft" claim. No evidence of an "AVIET Technic" joint venture found.
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Part-145 base maintenance
On request
Biman Bangladesh Airlines / Biman Ground Handling
Runs the CAAB-approved Biman Engineering Hangar at Kurmitola; documented approved airframe maintenance is currently limited to A-check level on B737-800/B777-300ER plus legacy DC10-30/A310-300/F28 types - no confirmed in-house heavy (C/D) check capability for current fleet types (note: Biman Engineering was originally set up in 2004 partly for C-checks on the airline's then widebody fleet, so heavy-check capability may have existed historically for legacy types).
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Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Biman Flight Catering Centre (BFCC)
Flight kitchen adjacent to HSIA's North Terminal (opened 1989, 67,000 sq ft, ~10,000 meals/day capacity, 24/7, 597 staff); ISO 9001/22000 and Halal-certified. Provides full inflight meal service to Biman, Malaysia Airlines, EgyptAir and Jazeera Airways; cabin-dressing to Emirates, Saudia, Thai Airways, Malaysia Airlines and Cathay Pacific; and casual food uplift to Ethiopian Airlines, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines (a general encyclopedia summary separately lists Saudia, Etihad, Malaysia Airlines and Emirates among BFCC's catering clients, broadly consistent). · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
ASL Systems
Correction: draft attributed aircraft interior cleaning/cabin dressing to ASL's "own service listing," but a direct check of asl.aero found no mention of cleaning, cabin dressing, limousine, or car rental anywhere on the site - only ground-support/ATM/IT/consultancy/defence-logistics lines are listed. Downgraded to unconfirmed pending direct confirmation from the company.
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Ground support equipment
Available
Biman Bangladesh Airlines / Biman Ground Handling
Self-operated GSE fleet of roughly 2,000 motorised/manual units; reported to have recently commissioned 32 new items (Oshkosh loaders, TLD belt loaders/transporters/ACUs, Guinault air-start units) worth Tk540m for Terminal 3, part of a broader Tk1,000cr fleet renewal - specific figures not.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Biman Bangladesh Airlines / Biman Ground Handling
Operates the HSIA cargo terminal, currently approx. 200,000 t/yr capacity, planned to rise to 500,000 t/yr with Terminal 3's automated Cargo Village (figures match independently-confirmed HSIA airport data); a CAAB official is reported to have confirmed Biman as sole cargo handler for the new Cargo Village - this specific attribution unconfirmed beyond the original report.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available
Aviation Security (AVSEC) - Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB)
State aviation-security division of CAAB (with Bangladesh Air Force and Airport Armed Police Battalion personnel) providing passenger/baggage screening, aircraft and cargo security checks, access control and patrols at HSIA under ICAO Annex 17 standards. Contact email and phone (•••, 13600 / •••) independently confirmed against HSIA's own official site. HSIA also holds EU 'RA3' regulated-agent validation (since 2017) with EDS/X-ray/ETD/EDD screening enabling direct export cargo security clearance to the EU/UK - this specific claim not. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
ASL Systems
Correction: same issue as cleaning above - limousine/car-rental services are not found on ASL's own site as claimed in the draft; downgraded to unconfirmed pending direct confirmation.
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Flight support
Available · 4 providers
Air Services & Aviation Procurement Ltd (ASAP)
Bangladesh-licensed trip-support/handling agency for corporate, private and non-scheduled passenger/cargo flights at HSIA - overflight/landing permit sourcing, 24-hour fuel nomination (via Padma Oil), customs-immigration expediting, flight dispatch and VIP facilitation, per its own site and 24/7 ops-desk contact numbers. Could not independently corroborate beyond the company's own materials (gmail contact address is typical for smaller local trip-support brokers and is not itself a red flag). · 24/7
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Advance Aviation Management Ltd (AAML)
Confirmed via aamlbd.com: CAAB-licensed (OSPL-10) flight-support and permit agency headquartered in Uttara near HSIA, arranging overflight/landing permits (VIP/executive, cargo, technical, air ambulance) and slot clearance for corporate, private and non-scheduled operators flying into Dhaka. Email and phone match company site exactly.
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Shafayet Aviation Management Ltd (SAML)
Confirmed via samlbd.com: licensed ground-handling/permit agent established 2010 by CAAB, arranging overflight and landing permits for operators using HSIA and other Bangladeshi international airports; 24/7 contact numbers published match the draft. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aeronyx Aviation Limited
Confirmed via company site: holds an OSPL, described as "the only class of entity legally authorised by CAAB to arrange overflight and landing permits for aircraft operators in Bangladesh"; provides 24/7 flight-watch/IROPS monitoring, permit processing, flight planning, and crew-hotel/transport, catering and security-arrangement coordination for operators flying into HSIA and other Bangladeshi airports. · 24/7
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Hotel & travel
Available
Crowne Plaza Dhaka Airport (IHG / United Group)
284-room hotel in Uttara immediately adjacent to HSIA, opened by United Group with IHG; hotel management describes a dedicated airline Crew Lounge and markets the property explicitly as a one-stop accommodation solution for airline crew contracts - specific carrier contracts unconfirmed;
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