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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casablanca-Anfa Airport |  Casablanca |
2007 | Replaced with Mohammed V International Airport. |
| Durban International Airport |  Durban |
2010 | Replaced with King Shaka International Airport. |
| Palmietfontein Airport | Johannesburg |
1952 | Replaced with Jan Smuts International Airport. |
| Rand Airport | Johannesburg |
Late 1940s | Replaced with Palmietfontein Airport. Still open today. |
| Simi-Simi Airport |  Kisangani |
Year unknown | |
| Wingfield Aerodrome | Cape Town |
1954 |
Asia
| Airport | City served | Date of closure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi Airfield |  Abu Dhabi |
1969 | Replaced with Al Bateen Executive Airport. |
| Al Bateen Executive Airport | Abu Dhabi |
1982 | Replaced with the new Abu Dhabi International Airport. |
| Atarot Airport |  / Jerusalem |
October 2001 | |
| Begumpet Airport |  Hyderabad |
23 March 2008 | Replaced with Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad. |
| Beijing Nanyuan Airport |  Beijing |
25 September 2019 | Replaced with Beijing Daxing International Airport. |
| Benazir Bhutto International Airport |  Islamabad |
3 May 2018 | Replaced with the new Islamabad International Airport. |
| Chongqing Baishiyi Airport | Chongqing |
21 January 1990 (civil) | Baishiyi Airport was a joint military-civil aerodrome until 1990, when all commercial traffic was moved to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. Since 1990, Baishiyi remained open for only military operations. |
| Doha International Airport |  Doha |
27 May 2014 | Replaced with Hamad International Airport. |
| Gia Lam Airport |  Hanoi |
1978 | |
| Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former) | Guangzhou |
5 August 2004 | Replaced with the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. |
| Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport | Hangzhou |
29 December 2000 (civil) | Jianqiao Airport was a joint military-civil aerodrome until 2000, when all commercial traffic was moved to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. Since 2000, Jianqiao remained open for only military operations. |
| Hefei Luogang Airport | Hefei |
30 May 2013 | Replaced with Hefei Xinqiao International Airport. |
| Hindustan Airport | Bangalore |
24 May 2008 | Replaced with Kempegowda International Airport in Devanahalli. |
| Ishigaki Airport (former) |  Ishigaki |
6 March 2013 | Replaced with the new Ishigaki Airport. |
| Istanbul Atatürk Airport |  Istanbul |
6 April 2019 | Replaced with the new Istanbul Airport. |
| Juhu Aerodrome | Mumbai |
1948 | |
| Kai Tak Airport |  Hong Kong |
6 July 1998 | Replaced with Chek Lap Kok Airport. Site redeveloped as the Kai Tak Development Area. |
| Kallang Airport |  Singapore |
1955 | Replaced with Paya Lebar Airport. |
| Kemayoran Airport |  Jakarta |
31 March 1985 | Replaced with Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng. Site redeveloped into Jakarta International Expo. |
| Kokura Airport | Kitakyushu |
16 March 2006 | Until 2005, Kokura Airport was originally called Kitakyushu Airport. It was then renamed to Kokura Airport until the aerodrome closed in 2006 and replaced with the new Kitakyushu Airport. |
| Kunming Wujiaba International Airport | Kunming |
28 June 2012 | Replaced with Kunming Changshui International Airport. |
| Legazpi Airport |  Legazpi |
2020 | Replaced with Bicol International Airport |
| Lutong Airport |  Miri |
Unknown | |
| Mandurriao Airport | Iloilo |
14 June 2007 | Replaced with Iloilo-Cabatuan/Santa Barbara Airport. Site redeveloped into Iloilo Business Park. |
| Metro Bacolod City Domestic Airport | Bacolod |
17 January 2008 | Replaced with Bacolod–Silay Airport. |
| Nanchang Xiangtang Airport | Nanchang |
10 September 1999 (civil) | Xiangtang Airport was first opened in 1952 as a military base. In 1957 commercial flights were added, and it became a joint military-civil aerodrome until 1999, when all commercial traffic was moved to Nanchang Changbei International Airport. Since 1999, Xiangtang remained open for only military operations. |
| Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport | Nanjing |
28 June 1997 (civil) 30 July 2015 (military) |
Dajiaochang Airport was a joint military-civil aerodrome until 1997, when all commercial traffic was moved to Nanjing Lukou International Airport. Military operations remained at Dajiaochang until 2015, when it was moved to Nanjing Luhe Airport. |
| Old Chiang Rai Airport |  Chiang Rai |
1990s | Replaced with the new Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport. |
| Paya Lebar Airport | Singapore |
29 December 1981 | After all commercial traffic was moved to the much larger Singapore Changi Airport, the aerodrome was then converted into military operations. And the official title was renamed Paya Lebar Air Base. |
| Polonia International Airport | Medan |
25 July 2013 | After all commercial traffic was moved to the much larger Kualanamu International Airport, the aerodrome was then converted into military operations. And the official title was renamed Soewondo Air Force Base. |
| Quilon Aerodrome | Thiruvananthapuram |
1932 | Replaced with Trivandrum International Airport in Chacka. |
| Ratmalana Airport |  Colombo |
1967 | Replaced with Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake. |
| Safdarjung Airport | New Delhi |
1962 (civil) | Replaced with Indira Gandhi International Airport in Palam. Closed for public use in 2002, it is now used for maintenance runs and helicopter rides. During the 2010 Commonwealth Games it was used as an airstrip for the VVVIP movement of Govt. of India officials.[1] |
| Şanlıurfa Airport | Urfa |
2007 | |
| Selaparang Airport | Mataram–Lombok |
30 September 2011 | Replaced with Zainuddin Abdul Madjid International Airport. |
| Shanghai Jiangwan Airport | Shanghai |
June 1994 | Replaced with Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Site turned over to the city of Shanghai in 1997 for redevelopment as a residential area and a park. |
| Shanghai Longhua Airport | Shanghai |
1966 | Replaced with Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. |
| Shantou Waisha Airport | Shantou |
15 December 2011 (civil) | Shantou Waisha Airport was first opened in 1956 as a military base. In 1974 commercial flights were added, and it became a joint military-civil aerodrome until 2011, when all commercial traffic was moved to Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport. Since 2011, Shantou Waisha remained open for only military operations. |
| Simpang Airport | Kuala Lumpur |
1965 | Replaced with Subang Skypark. |
| Suzhou Guangfu Airport | Suzhou |
1990s (civil) | Replaced with Sunan Shuofang International Airport. |
| Tagbilaran Airport | Tagbilaran |
27 November 2018 | Replaced with Bohol–Panglao International Airport. |
| Temindung Airport | Samarinda |
24 May 2018 | Replaced with Sungai Siring Airport. |
| Xi'an Xiguan Airport | Xi'an |
1 September 1991 | Replaced with Xi'an Xianyang International Airport. |
| Yasser Arafat International Airport | Gaza Strip |
8 October 2000 | The closest public airports in the area are the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel and the El Arish Airport in Egypt. |
Europe
| Airport | City served | Date of closure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berck-sur-Mer |  Pas-de-Calais |
Year unknown | |
| Berlin Schönefeld Airport |  Berlin |
25 October 2020 | Schönefeld was the major civil airport of East Germany and the only airport of the former East Berlin. In 2020 the Schönefeld name ceased to exist, marking its closure as an independent airport, with large parts of its infrastructure being incorporated into the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport as its Terminal 5. |
| Berlin Tegel Airport | Berlin |
8 November 2020 | First opened in 1906 as Luftschiffhafen Reinickendorf, Tegel was built during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. In 2020 air traffic was transferred gradually in stages to the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport from 31 October to 8 November. Site redeveloped into Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin — Tegel Campus. |
| Berlin Tempelhof Airport | Berlin |
30 October 2008 | Site redeveloped into Tempelhofer Feld. |
| Blackbushe Airport |  Yateley |
1958 | |
| Blackpool Airport | Blackpool |
2014 | The airport is now used for general aviation. |
| Bozhurishte Airport |  Sofia |
2005 | Replaced with Sofia Airport. |
| Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport | Bristol |
1957 | |
| Bykovo Airport |  Moscow |
18 October 2010 | |
| Calais-Dunkerque Airport | Calais |
Year unknown | |
| Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport | Cologne |
1951 | Replaced with Cologne Bonn Airport. |
| Croydon Airport | London |
1959 | Replaced with Heathrow Airport in Hillingdon. The airport's former terminal building and a de Havilland Heron still exists today. |
| Ellinikon International Airport |  Athens |
28 March 2001 | Replaced with the new Athens International Airport in Spata. Site redeveloped into Hellenikon Metropolitan Park. |
| Galway Airport |  Galway |
2011 | |
| Haren Airport | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brussels |
1950s | Replaced with Brussels National Airport. |
| Ipswich Airport | Ipswich |
1998 | |
| Katajanokka Airport |  Helsinki |
1936 | Replaced with Helsinki-Malmi Airport. |
| 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 | Replaced with Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport. |
| Malmö Bulltofta Airport |  Malmö |
1972 | |
| Manston Airport | Ramsgate |
2014 | |
| Minsk-1 Airport |  Minsk |
2015 | |
| Munich-Riem Airport | Munich |
16 May 1992 | Replaced with the new Munich Airport in Erding and Freising. Site redeveloped 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 |
7 October 1998 | Replaced with Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. |
| Paris–Le Bourget Airport | Paris |
Year unknown | Le Bourget is now used only for general aviation, including business jet operations. It also hosts air shows, most notably the Paris Air Show (which was first held at Le Bourget in 1953). |
| Renfrew Airport | Glasgow |
2 May 1966 | Replaced with Abbotsinch Airport. |
| 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 | Replaced with Palma de Mallorca Airport, now used for general aviation. |
| Spilve Airport |  Riga |
1980s | |
| Stavanger Airport, Forus | Stavanger |
1989 | |
| Torslanda Airport | Gothenburg |
1977 | |
| Tushino Airfield | Moscow |
1991 | |
| Waalhaven |  Rotterdam |
1956 | |
| Wrzeszcz | Gdańsk |
1974 |
North America
Oceania
| Airport | City served | Year of closure | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daly Waters Airfield | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Daly Waters |
1970 | |
| Eagle Farm Airport | Brisbane |
1988 | The airport's terminal is used to handle cargo flights for Brisbane Airport |
| Essendon Airport | Melbourne |
1970 | Replaced with Melbourne Airport in Tullamarine. |
South America
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