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Country
Airports
Afghanistan 50 (2008)
Albania 8 (2008)
Algeria 142 (2008)
American Samoa 3 (2008)
Angola 211 (2008)
Anguilla 3 (2008)
Antarctica 25 (2008)
Antigua and Barbuda 3 (2008)
Argentina 1,150 (2008)
Armenia 11 (2008)
Aruba 1 (2008)
Australia 462 (2008)
Austria 55 (2008)
Azerbaijan 35 (2008)
Bahamas, The 62 (2008)
Bahrain 3 (2008)
Bangladesh 17 (2008)
Barbados 1 (2008)
Belarus 65 (2008)
Belgium 42 (2008)
Belize 44 (2008)
Benin 5 (2008)
Bermuda 1 (2008)
Bhutan 2 (2008)
Bolivia 1,009 (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 (2008)
Botswana 77 (2008)
Brazil 4,176 (2008)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (2008)
British Virgin Islands 4 (2008)
Brunei 2 (2008)
Bulgaria 204 (2008)
Burkina Faso 26 (2008)
Burma 84 (2008)
Burundi 8 (2008)
Cambodia 17 (2008)
Cameroon 34 (2008)
Canada 1,369 (2008)
Cape Verde 10 (2008)
Cayman Islands 3 (2008)
Central African Republic 44 (2008)
Chad 53 (2008)
Chile 357 (2008)
China 477 (2008)
Christmas Island 1 (2008)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 (2008)
Colombia 991 (2008)
Comoros 4 (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 200 (2008)
Congo, Republic of the 24 (2008)
Cook Islands 9 (2008)
Costa Rica 149 (2008)
Cote d'Ivoire 31 (2008)
Croatia 68 (2008)
Cuba 147 (2008)
Cyprus 16 (2008)
Czech Republic 122 (2008)
Denmark 92 (2008)
Djibouti 13 (2008)
Dominica 2 (2008)
Dominican Republic 36 (2008)
Ecuador 418 (2008)
Egypt 85 (2008)
El Salvador 65 (2008)
Equatorial Guinea 6 (2008)
Eritrea 14 (2008)
Estonia 19 (2008)
Ethiopia 63 (2008)
European Union 3,127 3,393 (2008)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 6 (2008)
Faroe Islands 1 (2008)
Fiji 28 (2008)
Finland 148 (2008)
France 475 (2008)
French Polynesia 55 (2008)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 4 (note - one each on Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the Iles Eparses district) (2006)
Gabon 39 (2008)
Gambia, The 1 (2008)
Gaza Strip 1 (2008)
Georgia 23 (2008)
Germany 549 (2008)
Ghana 11 (2008)
Gibraltar 1 (2008)
Greece 81 (2008)
Greenland 15 (2008)
Grenada 3 (2008)
Guam 5; note - 2 serviceable (2008)
Guatemala 374 (2008)
Guernsey 2 (2008)
Guinea 17 (2008)
Guinea-Bissau 9 (2008)
Guyana 96 (2008)
Haiti 14 (2008)
Honduras 108 (2008)
Hong Kong 2 (2008)
Hungary 46 (2008)
Iceland 99 (2008)
India 345 (2008)
Indonesia 669 (2008)
Iran 317 (2008)
Iraq 105 (2008)
Ireland 37 (2008)
Isle of Man 1 (2008)
Israel 47 (2008)
Italy 132 (2008)
Jamaica 27 (2008)
Jan Mayen 1 (2008)
Japan 175 (2008)
Jersey 1 (2008)
Jordan 17 (2008)
Kazakhstan 95 (2008)
Kenya 180 (2008)
Kiribati 19 (2008)
Korea, North 78 (2008)
Korea, South 113 (2008)
Kosovo 10 (2008)
Kuwait 7 (2008)
Kyrgyzstan 30 (2008)
Laos 42 (2008)
Latvia 43 (2008)
Lebanon 7 (2008)
Lesotho 28 (2008)
Liberia 52 (2008)
Libya 140 (2008)
Lithuania 87 (2008)
Luxembourg 2 (2008)
Macau 1 (2008)
Macedonia 17 (2008)
Madagascar 90 (2008)
Malawi 34 (2008)
Malaysia 116 (2008)
Maldives 5 (2008)
Mali 26 (2008)
Malta 1 (2008)
Marshall Islands 15 (2008)
Mauritania 24 (2008)
Mauritius 5 (2008)
Mayotte 1 (2008)
Mexico 1,848 (2008)
Micronesia, Federated States of 6 (2008)
Moldova 11 (2008)
Mongolia 44 (2008)
Montenegro 5 (2008)
Montserrat 2 (2008)
Morocco 60 (2008)
Mozambique 111 (2008)
Namibia 132 (2008)
Nauru 1 (2008)
Nepal 47 (2008)
Netherlands 27 (2008)
Netherlands Antilles 5 (2008)
New Caledonia 25 (2008)
New Zealand 121 (2008)
Nicaragua 144 (2008)
Niger 27 (2008)
Nigeria 60 (2008)
Niue 1 (2008)
Norfolk Island 1 (2008)
Northern Mariana Islands 5 (2008)
Norway 98 (2008)
Oman 130 (2008)
Pakistan 143 (2008)
Palau 3 (2008)
Panama 117 (2008)
Papua New Guinea 557 (2008)
Paracel Islands 1 (2008)
Paraguay 797 (2008)
Peru 202 (2008)
Philippines 254 (2008)
Poland 126 (2008)
Portugal 65 (2008)
Puerto Rico 29 (2008)
Qatar 5 (2008)
Romania 53 (2008)
Russia 1,232 (2008)
Rwanda 9 (2008)
Saint Barthelemy 1 (2008)
Saint Helena 1 (2008)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (2008)
Saint Lucia 2 (2008)
Saint Martin 1 (2008)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 (2008)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 (2008)
Samoa 4 (2008)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2008)
Saudi Arabia 215 (2008)
Senegal 17 (2008)
Serbia 39 (2007)
Seychelles 15 (2008)
Sierra Leone 10 (2008)
Singapore 8 (2008)
Slovakia 35 (2008)
Slovenia 14 (2008)
Solomon Islands 35 (2008)
Somalia 59 (2008)
South Africa 636 (2008)
Spain 154 (2008)
Spratly Islands 4 (2008)
Sri Lanka 18 (2008)
Sudan 109 (2008)
Suriname 50 (2008)
Svalbard 4 (2008)
Swaziland 16 (2008)
Sweden 249 (2008)
Switzerland 66 (2008)
Syria 101 (2008)
Taiwan 41 (2008)
Tajikistan 26 (2008)
Tanzania 124 (2008)
Thailand 104 (2008)
Timor-Leste 6 (2008)
Togo 8 (2008)
Tonga 6 (2008)
Trinidad and Tobago 6 (2008)
Tunisia 30 (2008)
Turkey 103 (2008)
Turkmenistan 28 (2008)
Turks and Caicos Islands 8 (2008)
Tuvalu 1 (2008)
Uganda 33 (2008)
Ukraine 434 (2008)
United Arab Emirates 39 (2008)
United Kingdom 510 (2008)
United States 14,951 (2008)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable
Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable
Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained
Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
Midway Islands: 3 - one operational (2,409 m paved); no fuel for sale except emergencies
Palmyra Atoll: 1 - 1,846 m unpaved runway; privately owned (2008)
Uruguay 56 (2008)
Uzbekistan 54 (2008)
Vanuatu 31 (2008)
Venezuela 402 (2008)
Vietnam 44 (2008)
Virgin Islands 2 (2008)
Wake Island 1 (2008)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2008)
West Bank 2 (2008)
Western Sahara 9 (2008)
World total airports - 49,024
top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 89,379,287; Chicago (ORD) - 76,177,855; London (LHR) - 68,068,304; Tokyo (HND) - 66,823,414; Los Angeles (LAX) - 61,896,075; Paris (CDG) - 59,922,177; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 59,786,476; Frankfurt (FRA) - 54,161,856; Beijing (PEK) - 53,583,664; Madrid (MAD) - 52,122,702
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis (MEM) - 3,840,491; Hong Kong (HKG) - 3,773,964; Anchorage (ANC) - 2,825,511; Shanghai (PVG) - 2,559,310; Inch'on (ICN) - 2,555,580; Paris (CDG) - 2,297,896; Tokyo (NRT) - 2,254,421; Frankfurt (FRA) - 2,127,646; Louisville (SDF) - 2,078,947; Miami (MIA) - 1,922,985 (2007)
Yemen 54 (2008)
Zambia 101 (2008)
Zimbabwe 227 (2008)

This page was last updated on 14 May 2009


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