<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001094891-13-000027.txt : 20130312
<SEC-HEADER>0001094891-13-000027.hdr.sgml : 20130312
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130312181537
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001094891-13-000027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130311
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130312
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130312

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889348
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728]
		IRS NUMBER:				112520310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200A EXECUTIVE DR
		CITY:			EDGEWOOD
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11717
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5165865200

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			McCrosson Douglas
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001480087

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11398
		FILM NUMBER:		13685499

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.
		STREET 2:		60 HEARTLAND BLVD.
		CITY:			EDGEWOOD
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11717
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    <periodOfReport>2013-03-11</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000889348</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CVU</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001480087</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>McCrosson Douglas</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CPI AEROSTRUCTURE, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>91 HEARTLAND BLVD.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EDGEWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11717</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-03-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3877</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7086</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Issued in accordance with the terms of the Employment Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2009 as amended, between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, pursuant to which the Reporting Person received a portion of his annual bonus in shares of common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Douglas McCrosson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-03-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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