Thakurgaon Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Thakurgaon | ||||||||||
| Location | Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 177 ft / 54 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°0′59.1″N 88°24′6.0″E / 26.016417°N 88.401667°E | ||||||||||
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  VGSG Location of Thakurgaon Airport in Bangladesh | |||||||||||
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Thakurgaon Airport (IATA: TKR, ICAO: VGSG) was a public and military STOL airport located near Shibganj of Thakurgaon district in northwestern Bangladesh. The airport was established in 1940 on 550 acres. This airstrip was heavily damaged by the Indian Air Force during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.
The airport was renovated in 1977, and some commercial flights operated there for few years. Due to a lack of interest and a decreasing number of passengers, it went out of operation and was abandoned in 1980.[3] No scheduled flights are available for this airport.
- ^ Airport record for Thakurgaon Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08
- ^ "location of Thakurgaon Airport" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- ^ "Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh". http. Retrieved 2019-04-28.