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	53 (2010)

Albania	5 (2010)

Algeria	143 (2010)

American Samoa	3 (2010)

Angola	193 (2010)

Anguilla	3 (2010)

Antarctica	26 (2010)

Antigua and Barbuda	3 (2010)

Argentina	1,141 (2010)

Armenia	11 (2010)

Aruba	1 (2010)

Australia	465 (2010)

Austria	55 (2010)

Azerbaijan	35 (2010)

Bahamas, The	62 (2010)

Bahrain	4 (2010)

Bangladesh	17 (2010)

Barbados	1 (2010)

Belarus	67 (2010)

Belgium	43 (2010)

Belize	45 (2010)

Benin	5 (2010)

Bermuda	1 (2010)

Bhutan	2 (2010)

Bolivia	881 (2010)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	25 (2010)

Botswana	78 (2010)

Brazil	4,072 (2010)

British Indian Ocean Territory	1 (2010)

British Virgin Islands	4 (2010)

Brunei	2 (2010)

Bulgaria	210 (2010)

Burkina Faso	24 (2010)

Burma	76 (2010)

Burundi	8 (2010)

Cambodia	17 (2010)

Cameroon	34 (2010)

Canada	1,404 (2010)

Cape Verde	10 (2010)

Cayman Islands	3 (2010)

Central African Republic	37 (2010)

Chad	56 (2010)

Chile	366 (2010)

China	502 (2010)

Christmas Island	1 (2010)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1 (2010)

Colombia	990 (2010)

Comoros	4 (2010)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	198 (2010)

Congo, Republic of the	25 (2010)

Cook Islands	10 (2010)

Costa Rica	151 (2010)

Cote d'Ivoire	27 (2010)

Croatia	69 (2010)

Cuba	136 (2010)

Curacao	1

Cyprus	15 (2010)

Czech Republic	122 (2010)

Denmark	92 (2010)

Djibouti	13 (2010)

Dominica	2 (2010)

Dominican Republic	35 (2010)

Ecuador	428 (2010)

Egypt	86 (2010)

El Salvador	65 (2010)

Equatorial Guinea	7 (2010)

Eritrea	13 (2010)

Estonia	19 (2010)

Ethiopia	61 (2010)

European Union	3,383 (2010)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	7 (2010)

Faroe Islands	1 (2010)

Fiji	28 (2010)

Finland	148 (2010)

France	475 (2010)

French Polynesia	53 (2010)

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 (2010)

Gabon	44 (2010)

Gambia, The	1 (2010)

Gaza Strip	1 (2010)

Georgia	22 (2010)

Germany	549 (2010)

Ghana	11 (2010)

Gibraltar	1 (2010)

Greece	81 (2010)

Greenland	15 (2010)

Grenada	3 (2010)

Guam	5; note - 2 serviceable (2010)

Guatemala	372 (2010)

Guernsey	2 (2010)

Guinea	16 (2010)

Guinea-Bissau	9 (2010)

Guyana	96 (2010)

Haiti	14 (2010)

Honduras	104 (2010)

Hong Kong	2 (2010)

Hungary	43 (2010)

Iceland	99 (2010)

India	352 (2010)

Indonesia	684 (2010)

Iran	319 (2010)

Iraq	104 (2010)

Ireland	39 (2010)

Isle of Man	1 (2010)

Israel	48 (2010)

Italy	132 (2010)

Jamaica	27 (2010)

Jan Mayen	1 (2010)

Japan	176 (2010)

Jersey	1 (2010)

Jordan	18 (2010)

Kazakhstan	97 (2010)

Kenya	191 (2010)

Kiribati	19 (2010)

Korea, North	79 (2010)

Korea, South	116 (2010)

Kosovo	8 (2010)

Kuwait	7 (2010)

Kyrgyzstan	28 (2010)

Laos	41 (2010)

Latvia	42 (2010)

Lebanon	7 (2010)

Lesotho	26 (2010)

Liberia	29 (2010)

Libya	137 (2010)

Lithuania	81 (2010)

Luxembourg	2 (2010)

Macau	1 (2010)

Macedonia	14 (2010)

Madagascar	84 (2010)

Malawi	32 (2010)

Malaysia	118 (2010)

Maldives	5 (2010)

Mali	20 (2010)

Malta	1 (2010)

Marshall Islands	15 (2010)

Mauritania	28 (2010)

Mauritius	5 (2010)

Mexico	1,819 (2010)

Micronesia, Federated States of	6 (2010)

Moldova	11 (2010)

Mongolia	46 (2010)

Montenegro	5 (2010)

Montserrat	2 (2010)

Morocco	58 (2010)

Mozambique	106 (2010)

Namibia	129 (2010)

Nauru	1 (2010)

Nepal	47 (2010)

Netherlands	27 (2010)

New Caledonia	25 (2010)

New Zealand	122 (2010)

Nicaragua	143 (2010)

Niger	27 (2010)

Nigeria	54 (2010)

Niue	1 (2010)

Norfolk Island	1 (2010)

Northern Mariana Islands	5 (2010)

Norway	98 (2010)

Oman	130 (2010)

Pakistan	148 (2010)

Palau	3 (2010)

Panama	118 (2010)

Papua New Guinea	562 (2010)

Paracel Islands	1 (2010)

Paraguay	800 (2010)

Peru	211 (2010)

Philippines	254 (2010)

Poland	129 (2010)

Portugal	65 (2010)

Puerto Rico	29 (2010)

Qatar	6 (2010)

Romania	54 (2010)

Russia	1,213 (2010)

Rwanda	9 (2010)

Saint Barthelemy	1 (2010)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	1 (2010)

Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 (2010)

Saint Lucia	2 (2010)

Saint Martin	1 (2010)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2 (2010)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6 (2010)

Samoa	4 (2010)

Sao Tome and Principe	2 (2010)

Saudi Arabia	217 (2010)

Senegal	20 (2010)

Serbia	29 (2010)

Seychelles	14 (2010)

Sierra Leone	9 (2010)

Singapore	8 (2010)

Sint Maarten	1

Slovakia	36 (2010)

Slovenia	16 (2010)

Solomon Islands	36 (2010)

Somalia	59 (2010)

South Africa	578 (2010)

Spain	154 (2010)

Spratly Islands	4 (2010)

Sri Lanka	18 (2010)

Sudan	140 (2010)

Suriname	51 (2010)

Svalbard	4 (2010)

Swaziland	15 (2010)

Sweden	249 (2010)

Switzerland	65 (2010)

Syria	104 (2010)

Taiwan	41 (2010)

Tajikistan	26 (2010)

Tanzania	124 (2010)

Thailand	105 (2010)

Timor-Leste	6 (2010)

Togo	8 (2010)

Tonga	6 (2010)

Trinidad and Tobago	6 (2010)

Tunisia	32 (2010)

Turkey	99 (2010)

Turkmenistan	27 (2010)

Turks and Caicos Islands	8 (2010)

Tuvalu	1 (2010)

Uganda	46 (2010)

Ukraine	425 (2010)

United Arab Emirates	41 (2010)

United Kingdom	505 (2010)

United States	15,079 (2010)

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 (2010)

Uruguay	58 (2010)

Uzbekistan	54 (2010)

Vanuatu	31 (2010)

Venezuela	409 (2010)

Vietnam	44 (2010)

Virgin Islands	2 (2010)

Wake Island	1 (2010)

Wallis and Futuna	2 (2010)

West Bank	2 (2010)

Western Sahara	6 (2010)

World

total airports - 43,982 (2010) top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 88,032,086; London (LHR) - 66,037,578; Beijing (PEK) - 65,372,012; Chicago (ORD) - 64,158,343; Tokyo (HND) - 61,903,656; Paris (CDG) - 57,906,866; Los Angeles (LAX) - 56,520,843; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 56,030,457; Frankfurt (FRA) - 50,932,840; Denver (DEN) - 50,167,485 (2009) top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis (MEM) - 3,697,054; Hong Kong (HKG) - 3,385,313; Shanghai (PVG) - 2,543,394; Inch'on (ICN) - 2,313,001; Paris (CDG) - 2,054,515; Anchorage (ANC) - 1,994,629; Louisville (SDF) - 1,949,528; Dubai (DXB) - 1,927,520; Frankfurt (FRA) - 1,887,686; Tokyo (NRT) - 1,851,972 (2009)

Yemen	55 (2010)

Zambia	94 (2010)

Zimbabwe	216 (2010)