Though the share of haulage of Civil Aviation is still quite meager in the overall transport of Bangladesh. It plays important strategic roles in fulfillment of objectives of the transport sector as a whole. Thus aviation being an integral part of the transport system needs to be well integrated and tuned with other modes, operate in competing, parallel and linked transport routes.

Aviation industry in Bangladesh starts with one airport and only one aircraft in 1972, now attain significant development. Currently there are eight conventional full-scale airports. Eight airports for Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) aircraft and some heliports in thana headquarters. Eight full scale air ports are: (i) Zia International Air Port (Dhaka), (ii) Osmany International Airport (Sylhet), (iii) Amanat Shah Airport (Chittagong), (iv)  Cox’s Bazar Airport, (v)  Saidpur Airport, (vi)  Ishwardi Airport, (vii) Jessore Airport, and (viii) Barisal Air port.