[Updated]Abandoned Airports In The World
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Previsouly the most important airport in Cyprus, business stopped in 1974 when the Turkish invaded. The airport was abandoned and today it is no-mans land, neither the Greeks or Turks are allowed on the soil.
Built on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a couple of hundred miles from Hawaii, this airport was a US military base for majority of the 20th century and home to 400 men with an underground hospital. During WW2, Japanese submarines attacked the base.
Ellinikon is located just four miles outside of Athens, it was opened in 1938, but was quickly taken over by the Nazis who used it as Luftwaffe base during World War Two. The airport became the home of Olympic airlines, infact some of their decommissioned airliners including a 747 jumbo jet still sit there. The opening of the new Athens airport for the 2004 Olympics led to the end of the line for Ellinikon and it closed in 2001. Weirdly the grounds and facilities were used for part of the Olympics but they now sit unused.
Costing a whooping 1.1 billion euros, Don Quijote Airport was Spain’s first (and last) private international airport. Fifty minutes from Madrid on a high speed rail, the airport was created in the 90s. It went bankrupt and shut down in April 2012.
Between 1929 and 1995, Stapleton International Airport was the gateway to Denver, Colorado, however it was replaced by Denver International. In July 1997 a storm hit and caused damage to its structure causing it to be knocked down completely, only leaving behind one old control tower.
Until the Pentagon was built in the USA, this German airport was the largest building in the world. Constructed in 1923, after playing a key factor in the Berlin Airlift for 85 years Berlin-Tempelhof closed to passengers in October 2008. Today the airfield is the largest public park in the city and the airport terminals host events all year round.
Kai Tek International served as Hong Kong’s main airport for 73 years, but sadly closed in 1998 after traffic moved to the new Hong Kong International Airport. It was surrounded by beautiful scenery making the take-offs and landings extra special.
The only thing that remains at Robert Municiple Airport is the old control tower after it closed in 1999 due to being replaced by the Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
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Built for a total cost of $86 million to serve the Gaza Strip in the Palestinian territories, Gaza International Airport opened in 1998 but remained operational for just three years. In 2001, the control tower and radar station were bombed by the Israel Defense Force during the al-Aqsa Intifada. Airport staff continued to man the ticket counters and baggage areas until 2006, despite the fact that Israeli forces had bulldozed the runway in 2002, rendering it unusable
Ellinikon in Athens, Greece, is arguably one of the most impressive abandoned international airports around, if for no other reason than the hulking carcasses of decommissioned airliners still parked on its decaying ramp. Located just four miles south of Athens, Ellinikon International Airport opened in 1938 and was soon occupied by Nazi forces who used it as a Luftwaffe base during World War Two. It remained in military hands after the war, this time America ones, who used Ellinikon for operations in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East until 1991.
Until 1997, Sheffield was the only major UK city without an airport. In 2008, it returned to that status. During those 11 interim years, Sheffield City Airport offered a superb location closer to a city centre than any of its regional rivals. But the project was poorly conceived and the airport built with a runway that was too short, ruling out anything bigger than turbo-props serving a handful of destinations. Having failed to attract more profitable services, the last scheduled flight left Sheffield in 2002, just five years after the airport had opened.
Located 87 miles south of Toledo, Ciudad Real Central Airport opened in 2009 but closed just three years later. Formerly known as Don Quijote and South Madrid Airport, the abandoned facility was designed to serve 10 million passengers each year. It was also set to be connected to the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, meaning that passengers could be in downtown Madrid within just 50 minutes. But in 2012 its management company went into receivership and the 1.1 billion euro airport project collapsed. The last scheduled flight took off from the 13,123 ft runway in December 2011, leaving its modern passenger terminal eerily quiet.
Now for a more unusual example of a previously abandoned international airport: Tempelhof in Berlin is in the midst of transformation into a public park and community centre, retaining much of the original infrastructure including its two runways. During its dark wartime history, Tempelhof Airport served as the only official SS concentration camp in Berlin before playing a role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948/49. Built on land once occupied by the Knights Templar, Tempelhof Airport was intended by the Nazis to be the world’s largest terminal until it was looted by the Soviets and occupied by allied forces during World War Two. Old radiators from the airport have since been found in Moscow.
Stapleton International Airport served Denver, Colorado for more than 60 years until the city’s new hub – the largest in the United States by surface area with the longest public use runway – opened in 1995. After the last flight left Stapleton on February 25 that year (Continental Flight 34 bound for London Gatwick), the airport’s six massive runways fell dormant and redevelopment of the site began in earnest. Stapleton International Airport opened in 1929 as Denver Municipal Airport and was renamed in 1944 in honour of Benjamin F. Stapleton, who served as mayor of Denver from 1923 to 1947. When the airport closed in 1995, the original Concourse A, built in 1929, was still in use.
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