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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.
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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.
| Airport | City served | Date of closure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casablanca–Anfa Airport |  Casablanca | 2007 | Replaced with Mohammed V International Airport in Nouaceur. |
| Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Itawa |  Ndola | 5 August 2021 | Commissioned as Peter Zuze Air Force Base. Replaced with the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (adjacent to the Dag Hammarskjöld Crash Site Memorial). |
| Durban International Airport |  Durban | 30 April 2010 | Replaced with King Shaka International Airport in La Mercy. |
| Nouakchott International Airport |  Nouakchott | 23 June 2016 | Replaced with Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport. |
| Palmietfontein Airport | Johannesburg | 1952 | Replaced with O. R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park. |
| Rand Airport | Johannesburg | 1948 | Replaced with Palmietfontein Airport in Thokoza. Still open today for general aviation. |
| Simi-Simi Airport |  Kisangani | Year unknown | |
| Wingfield Aerodrome | Cape Town | 1954 | Replaced with the new Cape Town International Airport in Matroosfontein. |
| Airport | City served | Date of closure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atatürk Airport |  Istanbul | 6 April 2019 (passenger) 5 February 2022 (cargo) | Replaced with the new Istanbul Airport in Arnavutköy. |
| Berck-sur-Mer |  Pas-de-Calais | Year unknown | |
| Berlin Schönefeld Airport |  Berlin | 25 October 2020 | Large parts of Schönefeld's main building were incorporated into Berlin Brandenburg Airport as its Terminal 5. Due to the Corona virus, shortly after the terminal has been shut down and has not been reactivated but defunct. |
| Berlin Tegel Airport | Berlin | 8 November 2020 | Replaced with Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Site redeveloped into Urban Tech Republic. |
| Berlin Tempelhof Airport | Berlin | 30 October 2008 | Site redeveloped into Tempelhofer Feld. |
| Blackbushe Airport |  Yateley | 1958 | Eclipsed since 1958 by the growth of Heathrow and Gatwick airports, Blackbushe was once a significant airport for passenger and cargo charter flights for the London area, but is now used for general aviation. |
| Blackpool Airport | Blackpool | 15 October 2014 | Blackpool is now used for general aviation. |
| Bozhurishte Airport |  Sofia | 2005 | Replaced with Sofia Airport. |
| Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport | Bristol | 1 May 1957 | Replaced with the new Bristol Airport in Lulsgate Bottom. |
| Bykovo Airport |  Moscow | 18 October 2010 | |
| Calais-Dunkerque Airport | Calais | Year unknown | |
| Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport | Cologne | 1995 | Replaced with Cologne Bonn Airport in Porz. |
| Croydon Airport | London | 1959 | Replaced with Heathrow Airport in Hillingdon. The airport's former terminal building and a de Havilland Heron still exists today. |
| Derby Airport | Derby | 1990 | Replaced with East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington. |
| Doncaster Sheffield Airport | Finningley | 4 November 2022 (passenger) | |
| Donetsk International Airport |  Donetsk | 26 May 2014 | Destroyed by the first and second battles. |
| Dnipro International Airport | Dnipro | 15 March 2022 | Destroyed during the 2022 Dnipro missile strikes, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 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 | 31 October 2011 | |
| Haren Airport |  Brussels | 1950s | Replaced with Brussels Airport in Zaventem. |
| Havryshivka Vinnytsia International Airport | Vinnytsia | 6 March 2022 | Destroyed during the 2022 Vinnytsia attacks, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| Helsinki-Malmi Airport |  Helsinki | 14 March 2021 | |
| Ipswich Airport | Ipswich | January 1998 | |
| Katajanokka Airport | Helsinki | 16 December 1936 | Replaced with Helsinki-Malmi Airport. |
| Katowice-Muchowiec Airport |  Katowice | Year unknown | |
| Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport | Kraków | 1964 | Replaced with the new Kraków John Paul II International Airport in Balice. Converted into the Polish Aviation Museum. |
| 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. |
| La Palma Airport Buenavista de Arriba |  Santa Cruz de la Palma | 14 April 1970 | Relocated farther South close to sea level due to dangerous wind and weather conditions at the old site at an elevation of 350m MSL. |
| Luhansk International Airport | Luhansk | 11 June 2014 | Destroyed during the war in Donbas. |
| Lympne Airport | Lympne | 1984 | |
| Lyon–Bron Airport | Lyon | 12 April 1975 | Replaced with Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport. Still open today for general aviation. |
| Malmö Bulltofta Airport |  Malmö | 2 December 1972 | Replaced with the new Malmö Airport in Svedala. |
| Manchester (Wythenshawe) Aerodrome | Manchester | 1930 | Replaced with the new City Airport & Manchester Heliport in Barton upon Irwell. |
| Manston Airport | Ramsgate | 15 May 2014 | |
| Minsk-1 Airport |  Minsk | 23 December 2015 | Replaced with Minsk National Airport, which opened on 1 July 1983. |
| Munich-Riem Airport | Munich | 16 May 1992 | Replaced with the new Munich Airport in Erding and Freising. Site redeveloped into Messestadt Riem. |
| Northolt Airport | London | 1954 | Commissioned as RAF Northolt. Replaced with Heathrow Airport. |
| Nutts Corner | Belfast | 1963 | Replaced with Belfast International Airport in Aldergrove. |
| Oslo Airport, Fornebu |  Oslo | 7 October 1998 | Replaced with Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. |
| Paris–Le Bourget Airport | Paris | 1977 | All commercial airline traffic was relocated to Orly Airport and Charles de Gaulle Airport. Still open today 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). |
| Plymouth City Airport | Plymouth | 23 December 2011 | |
| Renfrew Airport | Glasgow | 2 May 1966 | Replaced with the new Glasgow Airport in Abbotsinch. |
| Rhodes Maritsa Airport | Rhodes | 1977 | Commissioned as military airbase. Replaced with the new Rhodes International Airport in Paradeisi. |
| Rome Urbe Airport |  Rome | Year unknown | |
| Rostov-on-Don Airport | Rostov-on-Don | 1 March 2018 | Replaced with Platov International Airport, which opened on 27 November 2017. |
| Säve Airport | Gothenburg | 18 January 2015 | Replaced with Göteborg Landvetter Airport. |
| Sheffield City Airport | Sheffield | 30 April 2008 | The last scheduled airline pulled out of Sheffield City in 2002. Replaced with Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which opened on 28 April 2005. |
| Sligo Airport | Sligo | 21 July 2011 | |
| Słupsk-Redzikowo Airport | Słupsk | 2016 | |
| Son Bonet Aerodrome | Palma de Mallorca | 1959 | Replaced with Palma de Mallorca Airport. Still open today for general aviation. |
| Spilve Airport |  Riga | 1986 | Replaced with the new Riga International Airport in Mārupe. |
| Stavanger Airport, Forus | Stavanger | 1989 | |
| Torslanda Airport | Gothenburg | 3 October 1977 | Replaced with Göteborg Landvetter Airport. |
| Tushino Airfield | Moscow | 1991 | |
| Waalhaven |  Rotterdam | October 1956 | Replaced with Rotterdam The Hague Airport in Zestienhoven. |
| Wrzeszcz | Gdańsk | 1974 |
| Airport | City served | Date of closure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daly Waters Airfield |  Daly Waters | 1970 | |
| Eagle Farm Airport | Brisbane | 19 March 1988 | Eagle Farm Airport was expanded into the former neighbouring suburb of Cribb Island to become Brisbane Airport, with some of Eagle Farm's infrastructure were incorporated into today's Brisbane Airport. |
| Essendon Fields Airport | Melbourne | 1 July 1970 | Replaced with Melbourne Airport in Tullamarine. Still open today for general aviation. |
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