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Field Listing :: Airports

This entry gives the total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, earth, sand, or gravel surfaces) and may include closed or abandoned installations. Airports or airfields that are no longer recognizable (overgrown, no facilities, etc.) are not included. Note that not all airports have accommodations for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control.

Country Comparison to the World

Country	Airports


Afghanistan	51 (2009)


Albania	5 (2009)


Algeria	143 (2009)


American Samoa	3 (2009)


Angola	192 (2009)


Anguilla	3 (2009)


Antarctica	25 (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	3 (2009)


Argentina	1,130 (2009)


Armenia	11 (2009)


Aruba	1 (2009)


Australia	464 (2009)


Austria	55 (2009)


Azerbaijan	34 (2009)


Bahamas, The	62 (2009)


Bahrain	3 (2009)


Bangladesh	17 (2009)


Barbados	1 (2009)


Belarus	65 (2009)


Belgium	43 (2009)


Belize	44 (2009)


Benin	5 (2009)


Bermuda	1 (2009)


Bhutan	2 (2009)


Bolivia	952 (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	25 (2009)


Botswana	77 (2009)


Brazil	4,000 (2009)


British Indian Ocean Territory	1 (2009)


British Virgin Islands	4 (2009)


Brunei	2 (2009)


Bulgaria	212 (2009)


Burkina Faso	26 (2009)


Burma	77 (2009)


Burundi	8 (2009)


Cambodia	17 (2009)


Cameroon	36 (2009)


Canada	1,388 (2009)


Cape Verde	10 (2009)


Cayman Islands	3 (2009)


Central African Republic	40 (2009)


Chad	54 (2009)


Chile	357 (2009)


China	482 (2009)


Christmas Island	1 (2009)


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1 (2009)


Colombia	992 (2009)


Comoros	4 (2009)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	194 (2009)


Congo, Republic of the	25 (2009)


Cook Islands	9 (2009)


Costa Rica	151 (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	28 (2009)


Croatia	68 (2009)


Cuba	136 (2009)


Cyprus	15 (2009)


Czech Republic	122 (2009)


Denmark	92 (2009)


Djibouti	13 (2009)


Dominica	2 (2009)


Dominican Republic	35 (2009)


Ecuador	420 (2009)


Egypt	85 (2009)


El Salvador	65 (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	7 (2009)


Eritrea	14 (2009)


Estonia	19 (2009)


Ethiopia	63 (2009)


European Union	3,391 (2009)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	6 (2009)


Faroe Islands	1 (2009)


Fiji	28 (2009)


Finland	148 (2009)


France	475 (2009)


French Polynesia	53 (2009)


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	44 (2009)


Gambia, The	1 (2009)


Gaza Strip	1 (2009)


Georgia	22 (2009)


Germany	550 (2009)


Ghana	11 (2009)


Gibraltar	1 (2009)


Greece	81 (2009)


Greenland	15 (2009)


Grenada	3 (2009)


Guam	5; note - 2 serviceable (2009)


Guatemala	371 (2009)


Guernsey	2 (2009)


Guinea	17 (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	9 (2009)


Guyana	99 (2009)


Haiti	14 (2009)


Honduras	106 (2009)


Hong Kong	2 (2009)


Hungary	46 (2009)


Iceland	99 (2009)


India	349 (2009)


Indonesia	683 (2009)


Iran	316 (2009)


Iraq	104 (2009)


Ireland	39 (2009)


Isle of Man	1 (2009)


Israel	47 (2009)


Italy	132 (2009)


Jamaica	27 (2009)


Jan Mayen	1 (2009)


Japan	176 (2009)


Jersey	1 (2009)


Jordan	17 (2009)


Kazakhstan	99 (2009)


Kenya	181 (2009)


Kiribati	19 (2009)


Korea, North	79 (2009)


Korea, South	116 (2009)


Kosovo	8 (2009)


Kuwait	7 (2009)


Kyrgyzstan	29 (2009)


Laos	41 (2009)


Latvia	43 (2009)


Lebanon	7 (2009)


Lesotho	26 (2009)


Liberia	33 (2009)


Libya	137 (2009)


Lithuania	87 (2009)


Luxembourg	2 (2009)


Macau	1 (2009)


Macedonia	14 (2009)


Madagascar	89 (2009)


Malawi	32 (2009)


Malaysia	118 (2009)


Maldives	5 (2009)


Mali	22 (2009)


Malta	1 (2009)


Marshall Islands	15 (2009)


Mauritania	27 (2009)


Mauritius	5 (2009)


Mayotte	1 (2009)


Mexico	1,744 (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	6 (2009)


Moldova	11 (2009)


Mongolia	45 (2009)


Montenegro	5 (2009)


Montserrat	2 (2009)


Morocco	58 (2009)


Mozambique	105 (2009)


Namibia	129 (2009)


Nauru	1 (2009)


Nepal	47 (2009)


Netherlands	27 (2009)


Netherlands Antilles	5 (2009)


New Caledonia	25 (2009)


New Zealand	120 (2009)


Nicaragua	143 (2009)


Niger	28 (2009)


Nigeria	56 (2009)


Niue	1 (2009)


Norfolk Island	1 (2009)


Northern Mariana Islands	5 (2009)


Norway	98 (2009)


Oman	128 (2009)


Pakistan	145 (2009)


Palau	3 (2009)


Panama	117 (2009)


Papua New Guinea	560 (2009)


Paracel Islands	1 (2009)


Paraguay	798 (2009)


Peru	201 (2009)


Philippines	254 (2009)


Poland	125 (2009)


Portugal	65 (2009)


Puerto Rico	29 (2009)


Qatar	5 (2009)


Romania	53 (2009)


Russia	1,216 (2009)


Rwanda	9 (2009)


Saint Barthelemy	1 (2009)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	1 (2009)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 (2009)


Saint Lucia	2 (2009)


Saint Martin	1 (2009)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2 (2009)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6 (2009)


Samoa	4 (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	2 (2009)


Saudi Arabia	217 (2009)


Senegal	19 (2009)


Serbia	28 (2009)


Seychelles	14 (2009)


Sierra Leone	9 (2009)


Singapore	8 (2009)


Slovakia	35 (2009)


Slovenia	16 (2009)


Solomon Islands	36 (2009)


Somalia	59 (2009)


South Africa	607 (2009)


Spain	153 (2009)


Spratly Islands	4 (2009)


Sri Lanka	18 (2009)


Sudan	121 (2009)


Suriname	50 (2009)


Svalbard	4 (2009)


Swaziland	14 (2009)


Sweden	249 (2009)


Switzerland	66 (2009)


Syria	104 (2009)


Taiwan	42 (2009)


Tajikistan	26 (2009)


Tanzania	125 (2009)


Thailand	105 (2009)


Timor-Leste	6 (2009)


Togo	8 (2009)


Tonga	6 (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	6 (2009)


Tunisia	32 (2009)


Turkey	102 (2009)


Turkmenistan	28 (2009)


Turks and Caicos Islands	8 (2009)


Tuvalu	1 (2009)


Uganda	35 (2009)


Ukraine	425 (2009)


United Arab Emirates	41 (2009)


United Kingdom	506 (2009)


United States	15,095 (2009)

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	57 (2009)


Uzbekistan	54 (2009)


Vanuatu	31 (2009)


Venezuela	406 (2009)


Vietnam	44 (2009)


Virgin Islands	2 (2009)


Wake Island	1 (2009)


Wallis and Futuna	2 (2009)


West Bank	2 (2009)


Western Sahara	6 (2009)

World

total airports - 43,867 (2009)
top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 90,039,280; Chicago (ORD) - 69,353,876; London (LHR) - 67,056,379; Tokyo (HND) - 66,754,829; Paris (CDG) - 60,874,681; Los Angeles (LAX) - 59,497,539; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 57,093,187; Beijing (PEK) - 55,937,289; Frankfurt (FRA) - 53,467,450; Denver (DEN) - 51,245,334 (2008)
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis (MEM) - 3,695,438; Hong Kong (HKG) - 3,660,901; Shanghai (PVG) - 2,602,916; Inch'on (ICN) - 2,423,717; Anchorage (ANC) - 2,339,831; Paris (CDG) - 2,280,050; Frankfurt (FRA) - 2,111,031; Tokyo (NRT) - 2,100,448; Louisville (SDF) - 1,974,276; Singapore (SIN) - 1,883,894 (2008)


Yemen	55 (2009)


Zambia	97 (2009)


Zimbabwe	215 (2009)

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