AirportsOsmany International Airport is a large airport serving Sylhet, in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ZYL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ZYL
- ICAO code
- VGSY
- City
- Sylhet
- State or region
- Sylhet Division
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 24.9640° N, 91.8647° E
- Elevation
- 15 m (50 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,889 m (9,478 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ZYL means Osmany International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VGSY. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 24.9640° N, 91.8647° E. It stands 15 metres (50 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Dhaka, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Osmany International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,889 metres (9,478 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 8 airports of Bangladesh on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,889 m 9,478 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shillong AirportShillong, India | SHL | 83 km |
| Silchar AirportSilchar, India | IXS | 112 km |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportGuwahati, India | GAU | 130 km |
| Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram AirportAgartala, India | IXA | 135 km |
| Lengpui AirportAizawl (Lengpui), India | AJL | 146 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,519 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,062 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,663 km | 4 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,018 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,571 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,726 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,931 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,703 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,060 km | 11 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.