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Shamshernagar Airport is a public use airport southeast of Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. It is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). Due to the short length of the runway it is restricted to STOL aircraft. As of July 2015, no scheduled passenger flights serve the airport, but civil air operations are allowed with prior approval.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Airports in Bangladesh )〕 The U.S. 61st Air Service Group was based at Shamshernagar in the final months of World War II.〔 A photo of the unit with the C-47 ''Regina the Queen'' at the base in August 1945 can be found (here ).〕 On 31 December 1970, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 of Pakistan International Airlines on approach to Shamshernagar crash-landed short of the runway, turned over to the right, and burned. Seven of the 31 passengers on board died.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 AP-AUV Shamshernagar Airport (ZHM) )〕 According to East Pakistan Air Operations, 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, Shamshernagar was the base of the first fighting formation of what would become the Bangladesh Air Force: a DC-3 Dakota, a DHC-3 Otter, and an Alouette III helicopter together known as ''Kilo Force''. According to CAAB, currently airlines do not serve Shamshernagar because demand is too low for a route to be commercially viable without smaller aircraft than those the airlines operate. ''The Independent'' reported a senior CAAB official as saying, "If the airlines are not interested in using our airports, we can't force them to." The same official said a government subsidy could convince airlines to use Shamshernagar. As it is now, airport staff are paid without having to work. ==See also== *List of airports in Bangladesh 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shamshernagar Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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