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Cox's Bazar International Airport Development

Cox's Bazar Airport is a domestic airport in the resort town of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The airport serves mostly tourists. The government had earlier announced that Cox's Bazar would be developed as a tourism city and the Moheshkhali area as an investment hub. As part of upgrading the airport, "Meghdoot", a 162-seat Boeing 737-800 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, landed there with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on May 6 last year. 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. The whole project is ৳6 billion (US$71 million) project. The airport's runway currently has been expanded from 6790 feet to 9000 feet, and will be 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. A total of 10,912.49 square feet building and 49,753 square feet of apron and connecting taxi-way would be constructed by December this year.  The area of the present terminal building, including arrival, departure and VIP arrival lounge, is 10,000 square feet. After the terminal building is completed, the number of domestic and international passengers would increase sharply because of the possible landing of large aircraft. At present, the British-era airport is being used for domestic flights. Only small aircraft, such as the 74-seater Dash-Q400, can use the airport.