Lalmonirhat Airport
Lalmonirhat, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
VGLM is the ICAO airport code for Lalmonirhat Airport, located in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh. The airport is classified as a Small Airport. It operates in the Asia/Dhaka timezone at an elevation of 106 ft (32 m) above sea level.
About Lalmonirhat Airport
Wikipedia ↗BAF Station Lalmonirhat or commonly known as Lalmonirhat Airport is a one of nine Bangladeshi Air Force bases is located near Lalmonirhat, at the north side border of Bangladesh. Once, it was the second biggest and largest airport in Asia. It was built in 1931 as a military airbase. During the Second World War (1939–1945), the Allied Forces used it as a forward airbase for its operations in Burma and other countries of southeast Asia. Presently, Lalmonirhat aerodrome is under the possession of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF). Now, the airport has been given to Bangladesh Aerospace and Aviation University to make it a permanent campus.
Location
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- ICAO Code
- VGLM
- Type
- Small Airport
- City
- Lalmonirhat
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Region
- Rajshahi Division
- Timezone
- Asia/Dhaka
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 106 ft (32 m)
- Coordinates
- 25.8876°N, 89.4313°E
- Operator
- Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Airport Stats
External Links
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