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List of airports in the Spratly Islands

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This is a list of airports in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

Airports

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Location Occupied by Name Code Built Length Notes
Taiping Island  Republic of China Taiping Island Airport RCSP 2007 1,200 m (est.) Military use only. No refueling facilities.[1]
Swallow Reef (Layang-Layang)  Malaysia Layang-Layang Airport LAC 1995 1,367 m Dual-use concrete airport.
Fiery Cross Reef  People's Republic of China Yongshu Airport AG 4553 2016 3,300 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport.
Subi Reef  People's Republic of China Zhubi Airport 2016 3,000 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport.
Mischief Reef  People's Republic of China Meiji Airport 2016 2,700 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport.
Thitu Island (Pag-asa)  Philippines Rancudo Airfield RPPN 1978 1,300 m (est.) Dual-use concrete airport.[2]
Spratly Island (Trường Sa)  Vietnam Trường Sa Airport 1976–77 1,200 m (est.)[3] Military use only. Extended from 600 m to 1,200 m in 2016.[3]

Location

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References

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  1. ^ The Taiping Island Airport was completed in December 2007, ("MND admits strategic value of Spratly airstrip." Taipei Times. 6 January 2006. p. 2 (MND is the ROC Ministry of National Defense)), and a C-130 Hercules transporter airplane first landed on the island on 21 January 2008.
  2. ^ Bong Lozada (18 June 2014). "Air Force to repair Pagasa Island airstrip". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  3. ^ a b "Vietnam Responds". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2016-12-26.

Further reading

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