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

Airports

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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Location of Airports

References

Further reading

James Hardy (London) and Sean O'Connor (Indiana) (20 Nov 2014). "China building airstrip-capable island on Fiery Cross Reef". IHS Jane's 360. Jane's Defence Weekly.

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Occupied features

Brunei	Louisa Reef
China	Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef
Malaysia	Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef
Philippines	Commodore Reef Flat Island Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island
Taiwan	Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef
Vietnam	Alison Reef Amboyna Cay Barque Canada Reef Bombay Castle Central London Reef Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Discovery Great Reef East London Reef Grierson Reef Ladd Reef Lansdowne Reef Namyit Island Pearson Reef Petley Reef Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island South Reef Southwest Cay Spratly Island Tennent Reef West London Reef

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