List of defunct international airports

The following is a list of airports that have had commercial/civil and international air service in the past and no longer have scheduled commercial/passenger operations.

Africa

Airport Location Year of closure
Casablanca-Anfa Airport Casablanca 2007
Durban International Airport Durban 2010
Palmietfontein Airport Johannesburg 1950s
Rand Airport Johannesburg Late 1940s
Simi-Simi Airport Kisangani Year unknown
Wingfield Aerodrome Cape Town 1954

Asia

Airport Location / City served Date of closure / Notes
Abu Dhabi Airfield Abu Dhabi 1969
Al Bateen Executive Airport Abu Dhabi 1982
Atarot Airport Jerusalem 2001
Bacolod City Domestic Airport Bacolod 2008
Begumpet Airport Begumpet, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana 23 March 2008
Converted to military use.
Replaced by the new, much larger Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad.
Beijing Nanyuan Airport Fengtai, Beijing 25 September 2019
Replaced by the new, much larger Beijing Daxing International Airport in Daxing District.
Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad 2018
Chongqing Baishiyi Airport Chongqing 21 January 1990
Replaced by the new, much larger Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Yubei District.
Doha International Airport Doha 2014
Gia Lam Airport Hanoi 1978
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) Baiyun, Guangzhou, Guangdong 5 August 2004
Replaced by the new, much larger airport of the same title in Baiyun-Huadu districts.
Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport Jianqiao, Jianggan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 29 December 2000
Replaced by the new, much larger Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Yingbin Avenue, Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Hefei Luogang Airport Baohe, Hefei, Anhui 30 May 2013
Replaced by the new, much larger Hefei Xinqiao International Airport in Shushan, Hefei, Anhui.
Hindustan Airport in the heart of Bangalore, Karnataka 24 May 2008
Replaced by the new, much larger Kempegowda International Airport in Devanahalli, Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka.
Ishigaki Airport Ishigaki, Okinawa 2013
Juhu Aerodrome Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra 1948
Kai Tak Airport Kowloon, Hong Kong 6 July 1998
Replaced by the new, much larger Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok.
Kallang Airport Singapore 1955
Kemayoran Airport Jakarta 1985
Kunming Wujiaba International Airport Kunming, Yunnan 28 June 2012
Replaced by the new, much larger Kunming Changshui International Airport in Changshui Village, Guandu District.
Legazpi Airport Legazpi, Albay 2020
Mandurriao Airport Mandurriao, Iloilo City 14 June 2007
Replaced by the new, much larger Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan.
Nanchang Xiangtang Airport Xiangtang, Nanchang 10 September 1999
Replaced by the new, much larger Nanchang Changbei International Airport in Lehua, Xinjian District.
Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport Yuhuatai, Nanjing 28 June 1997
Replaced by the new, much larger Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Jiangning.
Old Chiang Rai Airport Chiang Rai 1990s
Paya Lebar Airport Singapore 1981
(converted to military use)
Polonia International Airport Medan 2013
(converted to military use)
Quilon Aerodrome Thiruvananthapuram 1932
Ratmalana Airport Colombo 1967
Safdarjung Airport New Delhi 1960s
Şanlıurfa Airport Urfa 2007
Selaparang Airport Mataram 2011
Shanghai Jiangwan Airport Shanghai 1994
Shanghai Longhua Airport Shanghai 1966
Shantou Waisha Airport Longhu, Shantou, Guangdong 15 December 2011
Replaced by the new, much larger Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport in Denggang, Jiedong, Jieyang, Guangdong
Simpang Airport Kuala Lumpur 1965
Suzhou Guangfu Airport Suzhou 1990s
Tagbilaran Airport Tagbilaran 2018
Temindung Airport Samarinda 2018
Xi'an Xiguan Airport Xi'an 1991
Yasser Arafat International Airport Gaza Strip 2000

Europe

Airport City served Year of closure Notes
Berck-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais Year unknown
Berlin Tempelhof Airport Berlin 2008
Blackbushe Airport Yateley 1958
Blackpool Airport Blackpool 2014
Bozhurishte Airport Sofia 2005 Replaced by Sofia Airport
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport Bristol 1957
Bykovo Airport Moscow 2010
Calais-Dunkerque Airport Calais Year unknown
Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport Cologne 1950s
Croydon Airport London 1959
Ellinikon International Airport Athens 2001 Replaced by the new, much larger Athens International Airport in Spata (in time for the 2004 Summer Olympics).
Galway Airport Galway 2011
Haren Airport Brussels 1950s
Helsinki-Malmi Airport Helsinki 1952
Replaced by the new, much larger Helsinki–Vantaa Airport (in time for the 1952 Summer Olympics).
Ipswich Airport Ipswich 1998
Katowice-Muchowiec Airport Katowice Year unknown
Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport Kraków Year unknown
Khodynka Aerodrome Moscow 2003 Starting from 1950s until the aerodrome's closure, it only handled shipping for new Ilyushin aircraft. The airport's metro station, Aeroport, still exists today.
Lympne Airport Lympne 1984
Lyon–Bron Airport Lyon 1975 Civil traffic moved to Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Bron Airport is now used for general aviation
Malmö Bulltofta Airport Malmö 1972
Manston Airport Ramsgate 2014
Minsk-1 Airport Minsk 2015
Munich-Riem Airport Munich 1992 Replaced with the new/larger Munich Airport. The area was developed into Messestadt Riem.
Nicosia International Airport Nicosia 1974 Nicosia Airport was closed after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus: As such, the U.N. Buffer Zone between Cyprus and Northern Cyprus was formed, in which the airport is located on. All civil traffic moved to Larnaca International Airport in the Republic of Cyprus, and Ercan International Airport in Northern Cyprus.
Northolt Airport South Ruislip 1954
Oslo Airport, Fornebu Oslo 1998
Paris–Le Bourget Airport Paris Year unknown Civil traffic moved to Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport

Bron Airport is now used for general aviation

Renfrew Airport Glasgow 1966
Rhodes Maritsa Airport Rhodes 1977
Rome Urbe Airport Rome Year unknown
Säve Airport Gothenburg 2015
Sheffield City Airport Sheffield 2002
Słupsk-Redzikowo Airport Słupsk 2016
Son Bonet Aerodrome Palma de Mallorca 1959
Spilve Airport Riga 1980s
Stavanger Airport, Forus Stavanger 1989
Torslanda Airport Gothenburg 1977
Waalhaven Rotterdam 1956
Wrzeszcz Gdańsk Year unknown

North America

Oceania

Airport Location Year of closure
Daly Waters Airfield Daly Waters 1970
Eagle Farm Airport Brisbane 1988

South America

Airport Location Year of closure
Augusto Severo International Airport Parnamirim 2014
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport Rio de Janeiro 1943
Grano de Oro International Airport Maracaibo 1969
Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport Sucre 2016
Limatambo International Airport Lima 1960
Los Cerrillos Airport Santiago 1967
Old Gomez Niño National Airport Bucaramanga 1974
Old Luisa Caceres de Arismendi National Airport Porlamar Year unknown
Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport Quito 2013
Presidente Médici International Airport Rio Branco, Acre 1999
Techo International Airport Bogotá 1959

References

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