2021

Airfields in 2021

52 EVENTS LISTED320 ON RECORDERA 07
20202022

Timeline

52 events · 11 months
During the year
OpenedUlaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International Airport opens.
UBNUlaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International AirportMN
OpenedChinua Achebe International Airport opens.
DNANChinua Achebe International AirportNG
MilestoneRussian Armed Forces becomes the operator.
UA-0014Donuzlav Air BaseUA
January
RenamedRenamed Cape Cod Gateway Airport.
HYACape Cod Gateway AirportUS
DisasterSriwijaya Air Flight 182.
CGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportID62 killed
OpenedJingzhou Shashi Airport opens.
SHSJingzhou Shashi AirportCN
February
DisasterQ106291064.
JALEl Lencero AirportMX6 killed
March
MilestoneHokkaido Airports becomes the operator.
HKDHakodate AirportJP
OpenedBareilly Air Force Station opens.
BEKBareilly Air Force StationIN
ClosedHelsinki Malmi Airport closes.
FI-0018Helsinki Malmi AirportFI
OpenedToraja Airport opens.
TRTToraja AirportID
OpenedKurnool Airport opens.
KJBKurnool AirportIN
OpenedHaji Muhammad Sidik Airport opens.
HMSHaji Muhammad Sidik AirportID
April
OpenedHeze Mudan Airport opens.
HZAHeze Mudan AirportCN
ClosedKannus Airfield closes.
EFKNKannus AirfieldFI
OpenedWuhu Xuanzhou Airport opens.
WHAWuhu Xuanzhou AirportCN
June
ClosedLuzhou Lantian Airport closes.
CN-0011Luzhou Lantian AirportCN
OpenedArthur Municipal Airport opens.
NE33Arthur Municipal AirportUS
OpenedSkyyharbour Seaplane Base opens.
11CSkyyharbour Seaplane BaseUS
OpenedRainy Mesa Airstrip opens.
NM54Rainy Mesa AirstripUS
OpenedChengdu Tianfu International Airport opens.
TFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportCN
July
MilestoneEnontekiö becomes the operator.
ENFEnontekio AirportFI
MilestoneSEALAV becomes the operator.
VNEVannes-Meucon AirportFR
DisasterPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021).
UHPLPalana AirportRU28 killed
August
OpenedGusau Airport opens.
DNGUGusau AirportNG
OpenedDittemore Field opens.
5KS2Dittemore FieldUS
ClosedQingdao Liuting International Airport closes.
CN-0164Qingdao Liuting International AirportCN
OpenedQingdao Jiaodong International Airport opens.
TAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportCN
Disaster2021 United Aircraft Corporation Il-112 crash.
UUMBKubinka Air BaseRU3 killed
Disaster2021 Kabul airport attack.
KBLKabul International AirportAF
September
OpenedChenzhou Beihu Airport opens.
HCZChenzhou Beihu AirportCN
ClosedChiltern Park Aerodrome closes.
GB-0157Chiltern Park AerodromeGB
October
OpenedBetong International Airport opens.
BTZBetong International AirportTH
ClosedLegazpi City International Airport closes.
PH-0681Legazpi City International AirportPH
OpenedSimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport opens.
NLASimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International AirportZM
OpenedBicol International Airport opens.
DRPBicol International AirportPH
Disaster2021 Menzelinsk parachute Let L-410UVP-E crash.
RU-0048Menzelinsk AirportRU16 killed
OpenedPalmerola International Airport opens.
XPLPalmerola International AirportHN
OpenedKushinagar International Airport opens.
KBKKushinagar International AirportIN
OpenedFuzuli International Airport opens.
FZLFuzuli International AirportAZ
November
Disaster2021 Grodno Aviakompania Antonov An-12 crash.
IKTIrkutsk International AirportRU9 killed
Disaster2021 Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash.
SNCTUbaporanga AirportBR5 killed
OpenedBarreirinhas National Airport opens.
BRBBarreirinhas National AirportBR
OpenedShaoguan Danxia Airport opens.
HSCShaoguan Danxia AirportCN
OpenedXai-Xai Chongoene Airport opens.
VJBXai-Xai Chongoene AirportMZ
December
OpenedFly8ma Pilot Lodge Airport opens.
57AKFly8ma Pilot Lodge AirportUS
DisasterQ113411162.
IKTIrkutsk International AirportRU
DisasterQ113411162.
GDXSokol AirportRU
OpenedLianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport opens.
LYGLianyungang Huaguoshan International AirportCN
OpenedHo Airport opens.
DGAHHo AirportGH
Disaster2021 Punta Caucedo Gulfstream G-IVSP crash.
JBQLa Isabela International AirportDO9 killed
ClosedBelém/Brigadeiro Protásio de Oliveira Airport closes.
BR-1960Belém/Brigadeiro Protásio de Oliveira AirportBR

Not listed: 268 events at airfields without a Wikipedia article, mostly openings from the FAA register. The whole year as CSV

FROM WIKIDATA AND THE FAA AIRPORT REGISTER
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