Shah Amanat International Airport
IATA: CGP ICAO: VGEG
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
Location	Chittagong
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	22°14′59″N 91°48′48″E / 22.24972°N 91.81333°E / 22.24972; 91.81333
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 9,646 2,940 Concrete/Asphalt

Shah Amanat International Airport (IATA: CGP, ICAO: VGEG), named after an Islamic saint, serves Bangladesh's south-eastern port city of Chittagong. It was formerly known as MA Hannan International Airport but was renamed on 2 April 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh. The move was controversial since the previous name honored a member of the Awami League who were the opposition party at the time.

Known as Chittagong Airfield during World War II, the airport was used as a combat airfield, as well as a supply point and photographic reconnaissance base by the United States Army Air Force Tenth Air Force during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. ^[1]

Known American units assigned to Chittagong were:

• 80th Fighter Group, flew P-38 Lightning fighters over Burma between March 1944 and Feburary 1945.
• 8th Reconnaissance Group, between October and December 1944 (various detachments)
• 4th Combat Cargo Group, between January and June 1945.

From the airport, the 4th CCG flew supplies and ammunition which were were air-dropped to the advancing Allied forces on the ground. At the end of June, control of the airport was returned to local authorities.

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• Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh: Airports
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