Shah Makhdum Airport

The airport is situated at an elevation of above mean sea level. Its only runway, designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface, measures . ==Development==

A project is going on to increase existing facilities of the airport. After finishing the development project, the terminal will have total 31000 square feet area. The length of runway will be 10000 feet long and 150 feet wide. The apron will be 275×250 feet. In November 2024, it was announced that the airport would be revamped to transform it into an international airport. ==Airlines and destinations==

On 17 November 2022, Novoair became the first airline in the country to operate inter-city flight other than Dhaka, connecting Rajshahi with Cox's Bazar. ==Incidents and accidents==

• 25 April 2013: A 2-seater Cessna 152 (S2-ABI), a flight training aircraft of Bangladesh Flying Academy crash-landed at the airport on 4:24 pm. The aircraft flipped upside-down; the flight instructor and trainee pilot onboard escaped with minor injuries. The accident left the female trainee pilot dead, and the flight instructor with critical burn injuries. After some time, the flight instructor also died. • 16 April 2021:A sesna training aircraft (S2-AGG) of Bangladesh flying academy crashed at potato field in lalpur, tanor,Rajshahi. After inspection it is confirmed that the aircraft crashed you to feel the cage and engine fault. I had seen the aircraft to miss maneuver 4 days ago in mid air. At that aircraft the trainer officer was retired army officer captain mahfizur Rahman and the traini was cadet Nahid Irshad. They both were safe with a minor injury and the plane was evacuated from there from after a day. ==See also==