Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bogra Airport

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Kraxler (talk) 14:14, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bogra Airport

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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. Moreover, airport lacks recognition from IATA. 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)} 17:14, 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 Here is a newspaper photo of the airport being used by the Bangladesh Air Force. There is no scheduled passenger service, but while the existence of scheduled service confers notability, the absence of it is not a reason for deletion. Like white elephant public infrastructure projects everywhere, news coverage suggests Bangladesh's STOL airfields may be notable precisely because the government paid to build them, and pays to staff them, but they don't serve the average citizen as intended. I've added some content and sources. I believe it meets WP:GNG and WP:NAIRPORT. If more is desired, one could do a Bangla-language search. Construction of the STOL airfields began around 1992, so a search of offline sources also might be profitable. Worldbruce (talk) 08:34, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Military use seems highly limited, it can't be classified as a proper air base. Moreover, I would like to repeat the airport doesn't even have an IATA code which is considered very important according to WP:NAIRPORT. Rihaz ^{(Talk to me • Stuff I did • Global)} 09:17, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, with props to Worldbruce for the expansion. The airport does have an ICAO code, which is more than enough to verify the airport's existence. "Pepper" @ 21:35, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Worldbruce and Pepper. The nom is talking about no scheduled passenger service, which is not a reason for deletion. --Oakshade (talk) 04:24, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

With no support for deletion, I suppose this discussion should end? Rihaz ^{(Talk to me • Stuff I did • Global)} 12:41, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:44, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and Redirect to Bogra. The references listed so far fail WP:SIGCOV and therefore the airport doesn't meet the GNG. Merge & redirect to Bogra/Transportation. AadaamS (talk) 17:59, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.