Lalmonirhat Airport
BAF Station Lalmonirhat (ICAO: VGLM) 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 (now Myanmar) and other countries of southeast Asia. Presently, Lalmonirhat aerodrome is under the possession of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF). Now, the airport given to Bangladesh Aerospace and Aviation University to make it a permanent campus.
Airlines and destination
Currently, there are no scheduled flights operated by any airlines.
References
- ^ "বরিশাল ও সিলেটে বিমান ঘাঁটি করার ঘোষণা প্রধানমন্ত্রীর". Dhakatimes24.com (in Bengali). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Mizu, Mizanur Rahman (26 September 2018). "Lalmonirhat Airport gathers dust of history". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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