Zia Airport (DAC) Information

Where is Zia Airport? DAC Zia International Airport (Bengali: Zia Antorjatik Bimanbôndor) is the largest airport in Bangladesh located in Kurmitola, 11 NM (20 kilometres; 13 miles) north of Dhaka, with Dhaka Cantonment on one side and Uttara Residential Area on the other. It started operations in 1981, and was named after Bangladesh's former president, Ziaur Rahman. It is the home base and hub of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, GMG Airlines, Best Air and United Airways (Bangladesh).

 

It has an area of 1,981 acres (802 ha). Nearly 52 per cent of the country's international and domestic arrivals and departures occur through Zia Airport, while country's second largest international airport at Chittagong handles about 17 per cent of passengers. About 4 million international and 1 million domestic passengers and 150,000 tons of freight and mail pass through DAC Zia International Airport annually.

Additional Zia Airport information may be found by visiting their official website below.

• Official DAC Zia International Airport Website