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The result was keep. Existence is verified by IATA and ICAO signs, sources with coverage have been added. (non-admin closure) Kraxler (talk) 13:45, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shamshernagar STOLport[edit]

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Airport was never used in history and there are no plans for it to be put to use any time in the future.Thus, it is not significant enough to deserve an article.

Furthermore, the article is very small with barely any information at all and that too from a single dubious source. Rihaz ^{(Talk to me • Stuff I did • Global)} 17:16, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 02:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 02:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: though I am having some trouble tracking down sources, it appears that there have been scheduled flights to Shamshernagar in the past (based on this accident description). The existence of IATA and ICAO codes are a plus; I wouldn't mind renaming to "Shamshernagar Airport" though. "Pepper" @ 21:16, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• The airport is also mentioned as one of Bangladesh's 12 domestic airports here. "Pepper" @ 21:21, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Merge and Redirect. There's a shortage of sources to verify its notability. Recommend a merge to chapter/section Shamshernagar/Transportation. AadaamS (talk) 17:44, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment As of 31 March 1945, the US 61st Air Service Group was based at Shamshernagar according to: U.S. Air Force Historical Division (1953). Craven, Wesley Frank; Care, James Lea (eds.). The Army Air Forces In World War II. The University of Chicago Press. p. 181. Here's a photo of them with the C-47 Regina the Queen at the "never used in history" airbase in August 1945.

I'm not in a position to verify the following because the first source is in Bengali, the second is in Urdu, and the third is not in a library readily accessible to me, but 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 a Alouette III helicopter together known as Kilo Force. Worldbruce (talk) 13:18, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep no prejudice to Merge and Redirect per Pepper and WorldBruce. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:29, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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