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Field Listing :: Airports - with unpaved runways
This entry gives the total number of airports with unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) by length. For airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included according to the following five groups - (1) over 3,047 m (over 10,000 ft), (2) 2,438 to 3,047 m (8,000 to 10,000 ft), (3) 1,524 to 2,437 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft), (4) 914 to 1,523 m (3,000 to 5,000 ft), and (5) under 914 m (under 3,000 ft). Only airports with usable runways are included in this listing. Not all airports have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control. The type aircraft capable of operating from a runway of a given length is dependent upon a number of factors including elevation of the runway, runway gradient, average maximum daily temperature at the airport, engine types, flap settings, and take-off weight of the aircraft.
Country
Airports - with unpaved runways
Afghanistan total: 35
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 9 (2009)
Albania total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2009)
Algeria total: 86
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 41
under 914 m: 23 (2009)
Angola total: 162
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 78
under 914 m: 46 (2009)
Anguilla total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Antarctica total: 25
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 6 (2009)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Argentina total: 974
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 44
914 to 1,523 m: 522
under 914 m: 406 (2009)
Armenia total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2009)
Australia total: 139
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 110
under 914 m: 12 (2009)
Austria total: 30
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 26 (2009)
Azerbaijan total: 7
under 914 m: 7 (2009)
Bahamas, The total: 39
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 22 (2009)
Bangladesh total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Belarus total: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 25 (2009)
Belgium total: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 15 (2009)
Belize total: 40
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 27 (2009)
Benin total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2009)
Bhutan total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2009)
Bolivia total: 936
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 58
914 to 1,523 m: 186
under 914 m: 687 (2009)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 10 (2009)
Botswana total: 68
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 54
under 914 m: 10 (2009)
Brazil total: 3,279
1,524 to 2,437 m: 87
914 to 1,523 m: 1,547
under 914 m: 1,645 (2009)
British Virgin Islands total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2009)
Bulgaria total: 80
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 73 (2009)
Burkina Faso total: 24
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 7 (2009)
Burma total: 40
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 23 (2009)
Burundi total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Cambodia total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Cameroon total: 25
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 6 (2009)
Canada total: 873
1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 373
under 914 m: 427 (2009)
Cape Verde total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Cayman Islands total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2009)
Central African Republic total: 38
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
Chad total: 46
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 11 (2009)
Chile total: 276
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 50
under 914 m: 212 (2009)
China total: 57
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 26 (2009)
Colombia total: 876
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 35
914 to 1,523 m: 228
under 914 m: 612 (2009)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 168
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 90
under 914 m: 59 (2009)
Congo, Republic of the total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Cook Islands total: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Costa Rica total: 113
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 94 (2009)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 21
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Croatia total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 37 (2009)
Cuba total: 71
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 58 (2009)
Cyprus total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Czech Republic total: 78
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 50 (2009)
Denmark total: 64
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 61 (2009)
Djibouti total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Dominican Republic total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 17 (2009)
Ecuador total: 317
914 to 1,523 m: 38
under 914 m: 279 (2009)
Egypt total: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
El Salvador total: 61
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 47 (2009)
Equatorial Guinea total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2009)
Eritrea total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Estonia total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Ethiopia total: 46
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 9 (2009)
European Union total: 1,396
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 257
under 914 m: 1,110 (2009)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: 4
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
Fiji total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 19 (2009)
Finland total: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 70 (2009)
France total: 178
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 70
under 914 m: 107 (2009)
French Polynesia total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
Gabon total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 14 (2009)
Georgia total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Germany total: 220
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 33
under 914 m: 184 (2009)
Ghana total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Greece total: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 12 (2009)
Greenland total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Guam total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Guatemala total: 358
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 84
under 914 m: 270 (2009)
Guinea total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Guinea-Bissau total: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Guyana total: 89
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 74 (2009)
Haiti total: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
Honduras total: 94
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 77 (2009)
Hungary total: 26
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 11 (2009)
Iceland total: 93
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 63 (2009)
India total: 99
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 42
under 914 m: 47 (2009)
Indonesia total: 519
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 25
under 914 m: 489 (2009)
Iran total: 183
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 139
under 914 m: 33 (2009)
Iraq total: 29
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 6 (2009)
Ireland total: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 20 (2009)
Israel total: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 14 (2009)
Italy total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 19 (2009)
Jamaica total: 15
under 914 m: 15 (2009)
Jan Mayen total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2009)
Japan total: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 28 (2009)
Jordan total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Kazakhstan total: 32
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 13 (2009)
Kenya total: 165
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 105
under 914 m: 50 (2009)
Kiribati total: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
Korea, North total: 42
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
Korea, South total: 44
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 42 (2009)
Kosovo total: 4
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
Kuwait total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Kyrgyzstan total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 9 (2009)
Laos total: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 21 (2009)
Latvia total: 23
under 914 m: 23 (2009)
Lebanon total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2009)
Lesotho total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 18 (2009)
Liberia total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 18 (2009)
Libya total: 78
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 41
under 914 m: 17 (2009)
Lithuania total: 55
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 51 (2009)
Luxembourg total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Macedonia total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Madagascar total: 62
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 39
under 914 m: 21 (2009)
Malawi total: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 10 (2009)
Malaysia total: 80
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 73 (2009)
Maldives total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2009)
Mali total: 14
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Marshall Islands total: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Mauritania total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Mauritius total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Mexico total: 1,498
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 65
914 to 1,523 m: 426
under 914 m: 1,005 (2009)
Moldova total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Mongolia total: 31
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Montenegro total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Morocco total: 26
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
Mozambique total: 82
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 33
under 914 m: 39 (2009)
Namibia total: 108
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 73
under 914 m: 11 (2009)
Nepal total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 30 (2009)
Netherlands total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
New Caledonia total: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
New Zealand total: 79
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 45 (2009)
Nicaragua total: 132
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 115 (2009)
Niger total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Nigeria total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Northern Mariana Islands total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Norway total: 31
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 25 (2009)
Oman total: 118
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 52
914 to 1,523 m: 33
under 914 m: 25 (2009)
Pakistan total: 47
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 24 (2009)
Palau total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2009)
Panama total: 63
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 51 (2009)
Papua New Guinea total: 539
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 63
under 914 m: 467 (2009)
Paraguay total: 784
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 289
under 914 m: 470 (2009)
Peru total: 144
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 39
under 914 m: 79 (2009)
Philippines total: 169
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 66
under 914 m: 99 (2009)
Poland total: 41
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 20 (2009)
Portugal total: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 21 (2009)
Puerto Rico total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 10 (2009)
Qatar total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Romania total: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 21 (2009)
Russia total: 621
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 68
914 to 1,523 m: 84
under 914 m: 453 (2009)
Rwanda total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Samoa total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Saudi Arabia total: 137
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 72
914 to 1,523 m: 41
under 914 m: 16 (2009)
Senegal total: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Serbia total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
Seychelles total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 5 (2009)
Sierra Leone total: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Slovakia total: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 7 (2009)
Slovenia total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2009)
Solomon Islands total: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 25 (2009)
Somalia total: 52
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 6 (2009)
South Africa total: 459
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 298
under 914 m: 125 (2009)
Spain total: 58
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 39 (2009)
Spratly Islands total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2009)
Sri Lanka total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Sudan total: 102
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 56
under 914 m: 28 (2009)
Suriname total: 45
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 40 (2009)
Svalbard total: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Swaziland total: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 7 (2009)
Sweden total: 97
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 92 (2009)
Switzerland total: 23
under 914 m: 23 (2009)
Syria total: 75
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 59 (2009)
Taiwan total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Tajikistan total: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 7 (2009)
Tanzania total: 116
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 63
under 914 m: 34 (2009)
Thailand total: 41
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 27 (2009)
Timor-Leste total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Togo total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Tonga total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Tunisia total: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 7 (2009)
Turkey total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
Turkmenistan total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2009)
Turks and Caicos Islands total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Tuvalu total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2009)
Uganda total: 30
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 8 (2009)
Ukraine total: 236
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 214 (2009)
United Arab Emirates total: 17
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 5 (2009)
United Kingdom total: 199
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 173 (2009)
United States total: 9,921
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 158
914 to 1,523 m: 1,757
under 914 m: 8,000 (2009)
Uruguay total: 48
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 25 (2009)
Uzbekistan total: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
under 914 m: 19 (2009)
Vanuatu total: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 23 (2009)
Venezuela total: 275
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 103
under 914 m: 155 (2009)
Vietnam total: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2009)
Western Sahara total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2009)
Yemen total: 37
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 9 (2009)
Zambia total: 88
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 65
under 914 m: 18 (2009)
Zimbabwe total: 196
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 119
under 914 m: 74 (2009)
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