A surface discharge air cleaning device includes an insulating dielectric body, a discharge electrode formed at the upper surface of the insulating dielectric body, and a ground electrode formed at the lower surface of the insulating dielectric body, the discharge electrode being formed of a closed pattern and at least one non-pattern part, at which the electrode is not formed being disposed in the closed pattern, therefore a uniform and stable plasma formation is accomplished, and the number of hydroxyl radicals and negative ions is increased while the amount of ozone is decreased.