Cox's Bazar Airport


Cox's Bazar Airport is a domestic airport in the resort town of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The airport serves mostly tourists.

Upgrade

The airport is in process of being upgraded to an international airport, in order to attract more tourists, which will make it the fourth international airport in Bangladesh. The two phases of upgrading, will make the airport able to provide better facilities for parking, landing and take-off for wide-body aircraft such as B777 or A330. The first phase of upgrading cost was. The second phase of upgrading cost is US $230 million.
In 2012 under the first phase the airport's runway expanded from 6,790 feet to 9,000 feet, and widened from 150 feet to 200 feet. The runway's load capability will be strengthened for wide-body operation, while the runway lighting will also get an upgrade. Equipment such as instrument landing system, distance measuring equipment, AMeDAS and VOR will be installed. Aircraft Refueling Facilities is available from February 2017 by Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited, an Enterprise of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.
Under 2nd phase the runway will be expanded from 9000ft to 11000 ft. Inspired by Hong Kong International Airport, the government in Bangladesh took the ambitious project to expand the runway at the Cox’s Bazar airport by reclaiming land from the sea in a bid to woo tourists to the beach town. Building such a runway on sea is not only expensive but only a few companies in the world have the expertise to construct runways extending from shore to sea. June 2020 CAAB selected CRCC Harbour-CCECC a Chinese joint venture after scrutinizing their technical and financial proposals for the tender.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Incidents and accidents