Kunming (Chenggong), CN 🇨🇳 Closed Airport
ICAO
CN-0087
IATA
-
Elevation
6234 ft
Region
CN-53
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Location: 24.846346° N, 102.801256° E
Continent: Asia
Type: Closed Airport
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Approximately 2012. The exact date of military decommissioning is not public, but its closure is directly linked to the period of massive urban expansion in the Chenggong New Area and the opening of the new Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) in June 2012, which fundamentally reorganized aviation infrastructure in the region.
The primary reason for closure was urban encroachment. The airport was a military air base that became completely surrounded by the rapid and extensive development of the Chenggong New Area. This new city district, filled with high-rise residential buildings, university campuses, and government offices, made continued military flight operations impractical, unsafe, and incompatible with the city's master plan. The valuable land was reclaimed for urban development.
The airport is permanently closed to all aviation. Satellite imagery confirms the runway is marked with large white 'X's, the universal symbol for a closed runway. While the main runway, taxiways, and some aprons are still physically intact, the site is being used for non-aviation purposes. It is widely used as a large-scale driver training school and a testing ground for automobiles. The surrounding land is heavily developed, and the former airfield is essentially a large, undeveloped plot awaiting its turn for complete redevelopment into urban infrastructure.
This facility was never a public or commercial airport. It was the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Kunming-Chenggong Air Base. Its operations were exclusively military. As a key air base in Yunnan Province, it played a significant role in the air defense of southwestern China, a strategically important region due to its proximity to Southeast Asia. It likely hosted fighter jet squadrons and other military aircraft supporting the Kunming Military Region (now part of the Western Theater Command). The ICAO code 'CN-0087' is an unofficial identifier used in some non-governmental databases and is not an official ICAO assignment.
Zero. There are no plans or prospects for reopening the site as an airport. It is now situated in the middle of a dense, modern urban center. Reactivating it for any kind of aviation, whether military or civilian, is geographically and logistically impossible and would pose an extreme safety risk. The land is far more valuable for real estate and urban development, which is its designated future.