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| name = Ishwardi Airport
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| location = [[Lalpur Upazila]] [[Natore District]], Bangladesh
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'''Ishwardi Airport''' {{airport codes|IRD|VGIS}} is a domestic airport geographically located in [[Ishwardi Union]], [[Lalpur Upazila]], [[Natore District|Natore]], Bangladesh. But this airport is under [[Pabna District|Pabna]] administrative district.<ref>{{Cite web |last=বাংলাদেশ বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষ |first=বদলি শাখা, প্রশাসন বিভাগ |date=Sep 14, 2022 |title=অফিস আদেশ 30.31.0000.211.16.003.22.1291 |url=http://www.caab.gov.bd/pdf/transfer/1291.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2022 |website=Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh}}</ref> [[Biman Bangladesh Airlines]] had regular flights to Dhaka until 1996.<ref name="dailystar">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/ishwardi-airport-reopens-today-after-17-years/ |title=Ishwardi Airport reopens today after 17 years |date=30 October 2013|newspaper=[[Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref> On 18 November 2013, [[United Airways]] resumed flights to Dhaka, thus commercial services resumed after 17 years, but flights to the airport were suspended in mid 2014.<ref name="dhakamirror">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/metropolitan/united-airways-launches-dhaka-ishwardi-flight/ |title=United Airways launches Dhaka-Ishwardi flight |date=31 October 2013 |publisher=Dhaka Mirror |accessdate=31 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103035942/http://www.dhakamirror.com/metropolitan/united-airways-launches-dhaka-ishwardi-flight/ |archivedate=3 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="uabdl.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uabdl.com/schedule.html|title = Welcome to United Airways (BD) Ltd}}</ref>

==History==
During [[World War II]], the airport was known as the '''Hijli Base Area''', and was used by the [[Twentieth Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ishwardi Airport |url=http://caab.portal.gov.bd/site/page/57d902df-4e3d-4511-b16f-c61917904fb0 |website=Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh |accessdate=29 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It hosted the [[United States Army Air Force]] [[XX Bomber Command]] [[58th Bombardment Wing]] between 8–24 February 1945, prior to its deployment to the [[Mariana Islands]].

==Airlines and destinations==
As of August 2014, no airlines serve Ishwardi Airport. United Airways was the last airline to operate there, they stopped services in mid 2014.<ref name="uabdl.com"/>

==See also==
* [[Operation Matterhorn]]
* [[List of airports in Bangladesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Airports in Bangladesh}}
{{USAAF 20th Air Force World War II}}

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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in British India]]
[[Category:Airports in Bangladesh]]

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