Shantou Waisha Airport

{{Short description|Military airport in Shantou, Guangdong, China}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = {{nowrap|Shantou Waisha Airport}}

| nativename-a = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|汕头外砂机场}}}}

| image = 外砂机场.jpg

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| caption =

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| ICAO =

| location = Longhu, Guangdong, China

| built = {{start date|1956|||df=yes}}
{{small|(military)}}

| opened = {{start date|1974|04|15|df=yes}}
{{small|(commercial)}}

| passenger_services_ceased = {{end date|2011|12|15|df=yes}}

| coordinates = {{coord|23|25|30|N|116|45|37|E|type:airport_region:CN-44|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Guangdong

| pushpin_label = Waisha Airport

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guangdong

| type = Military

| owner = People's Liberation Army

| operator = People's Liberation Army Air Force

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 04/22

| r1-length-m = 2500

| r1-surface = Concrete

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Shantou Waisha Airport is a People's Liberation Army Air Force Base in the city of Shantou in Guangdong province, China. It served as the city's civilian airport from 15 April 1974 until 15 December 2011, when all commercial flights were transferred to the newly-built Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport.{{cite news |url=http://money.163.com/11/1215/02/7L9H7MBE002526O5.html |script-title=zh:揭阳潮汕机场今晨起飞首架航机 |work=163.com |date=2011-12-15 |language=zh-cn |access-date=2012-02-23 |archive-date=2013-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020195642/http://money.163.com/11/1215/02/7L9H7MBE002526O5.html |url-status=dead }}

Shantou Waisha Airport is located in Longhu District and opened in 1956 as a military airport for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It opened for commercial air carriers on 15 April 1974.