List of airports in the Spratly Islands

This is a list of airports in the Spratly Islands.

Airports

Location Occupied by Name Code Built Length Notes
Taiping Island
(Itu Aba)
Republic of China Taiping Island Airport RCSP 2007 1,200m Military use only. No refueling facilities. [1]
Swallow Reef
(Layang-Layang)
Malaysia Layang-Layang Airport LAC 1995 1,367m Dual-use concrete airport.
Fiery Cross Reef
(Yongshu)
People's Republic of China Yongshu Airport 2016 3,300m Dual-use concrete airport.
Subi Reef People's Republic of China Subi Airport 2016 3,300m Dual-use concrete airport.
Mischief Reef People's Republic of China Mischief Airport 2016 2,700m Dual-use concrete airport.
Thitu Island
(Pagasa)
Philippines Rancudo Airfield RPPN 1975 1,300m Unpaved. Repairs.[2]
Spratly Island
(Truong Sa)
Vietnam Truong Sa Airport 1976-77 600m Military use only

Location

Taiping
(Itu Aba)
Layang-Layang (Swallow)
Yongshu (Fiery Cross)
Pagasa (Thitu)
Truong Sa (Spratly)
Location of Airports

References

  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. Thitu Island:

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