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Number of airports or airfields in the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (airports) | per Capita (airports per million) | per km² (airports per million sq.km) | Date |
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1 | United States of America | 13,513 | 42.7 | 1,477 | 2013 |
2 | Brazil | 4,093 | 20.4 | 490 | 2013 |
3 | Mexico | 1,714 | 14.7 | 882 | 2013 |
4 | Canada | 1,467 | 42.4 | 161 | 2013 |
5 | Russia | 1,218 | 8.5 | 74 | 2013 |
6 | Argentina | 1,138 | 26.7 | 416 | 2013 |
7 | Bolivia | 855 | 81.7 | 789 | 2013 |
8 | Colombia | 836 | 18.3 | 805 | 2013 |
9 | Paraguay | 799 | 120.6 | 2,011 | 2013 |
10 | Indonesia | 673 | 2.7 | 372 | 2013 |
11 | South Africa | 566 | 11.6 | 466 | 2013 |
12 | Papua New Guinea | 561 | 87.2 | 1,239 | 2013 |
13 | Germany | 539 | 6.6 | 1,546 | 2013 |
14 | China | 507 | 0.4 | 54 | 2013 |
15 | Chile | 481 | 27.9 | 647 | 2013 |
16 | Australia | 480 | 21.6 | 62 | 2013 |
17 | France | 464 | 7.3 | 844 | 2013 |
18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 460 | 7.3 | 1,901 | 2013 |
19 | Venezuela | 444 | 15.6 | 503 | 2013 |
20 | Ecuador | 432 | 28.0 | 1,560 | 2013 |
21 | India | 346 | 0.3 | 116 | 2013 |
22 | Iran | 319 | 4.0 | 208 | 2013 |
23 | Guatemala | 291 | 20.2 | 2,716 | 2013 |
24 | Philippines | 247 | 2.3 | 828 | 2013 |
25 | Sweden | 231 | 25.3 | 563 | 2013 |
26 | Saudi Arabia | 214 | 7.9 | 100 | 2013 |
27 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 198 | 2.6 | 87 | 2013 |
28 | Kenya | 197 | 4.5 | 346 | 2013 |
29 | Zimbabwe | 196 | 14.9 | 507 | 2013 |
30 | Peru | 191 | 6.4 | 149 | 2013 |
31 | Ukraine | 187 | 4.2 | 323 | 2013 |
32 | Angola | 176 | 9.5 | 141 | 2013 |
33 | Japan | 175 | 1.4 | 480 | 2013 |
34 | Tanzania | 166 | 3.4 | 187 | 2013 |
35 | Costa Rica | 161 | 34.3 | 3,153 | 2013 |
36 | Algeria | 157 | 4.1 | 66 | 2013 |
37 | Pakistan | 151 | 0.8 | 196 | 2013 |
38 | Spain | 150 | 3.2 | 301 | 2013 |
39 | Finland | 148 | 28.1 | 487 | 2013 |
40 | Nicaragua | 147 | 25.4 | 1,225 | 2013 |
41 | Libya | 146 | 24.3 | 83 | 2013 |
42 | Cuba | 133 | 12.0 | 1,211 | 2013 |
42 | Uruguay | 133 | 40.0 | 760 | 2013 |
44 | Oman | 132 | 41.8 | 426 | 2013 |
45 | Italy | 129 | 2.1 | 439 | 2013 |
46 | Czech Republic | 128 | 12.6 | 1,657 | 2013 |
47 | Poland | 126 | 3.3 | 414 | 2013 |
48 | New Zealand | 123 | 28.2 | 465 | 2013 |
49 | Guyana | 117 | 158.1 | 594 | 2013 |
49 | Panama | 117 | 32.9 | 1,574 | 2013 |
51 | Malaysia | 114 | 3.8 | 347 | 2013 |
52 | Namibia | 112 | 51.3 | 136 | 2013 |
53 | Korea (South) | 111 | 2.3 | 1,145 | 2013 |
54 | Honduras | 103 | 12.2 | 921 | 2013 |
55 | Iraq | 102 | 3.2 | 233 | 2013 |
56 | Thailand | 101 | 1.5 | 198 | 2013 |
57 | Mozambique | 98 | 4.1 | 125 | 2013 |
57 | Turkey | 98 | 1.2 | 127 | 2013 |
59 | Iceland | 96 | 304.5 | 958 | 2013 |
59 | Kazakhstan | 96 | 5.4 | 36 | 2013 |
61 | Norway | 95 | 20.1 | 312 | 2013 |
62 | Syria | 90 | 4.0 | 484 | 2013 |
63 | Zambia | 88 | 6.2 | 118 | 2013 |
64 | South Sudan | 85 | 7.7 | 132 | 2013 |
65 | Egypt | 83 | 1.0 | 83 | 2013 |
65 | Madagascar | 83 | 3.7 | 143 | 2013 |
67 | Korea (North) | 82 | 3.3 | 681 | 2013 |
68 | Denmark | 80 | 14.4 | 1,885 | 2013 |
69 | Greece | 77 | 7.1 | 589 | 2013 |
70 | Botswana | 74 | 34.8 | 131 | 2013 |
70 | Sudan | 74 | 2.1 | 43 | 2013 |
72 | Croatia | 69 | 15.4 | 1,233 | 2013 |
73 | Bulgaria | 68 | 9.7 | 627 | 2013 |
73 | El Salvador | 68 | 11.1 | 3,282 | 2013 |
75 | Belarus | 65 | 6.8 | 320 | 2013 |
76 | Myanmar (Burma) | 64 | 1.2 | 98 | 2013 |
76 | Portugal | 64 | 5.9 | 700 | 2013 |
78 | Switzerland | 63 | 7.9 | 1,575 | 2013 |
79 | Bahamas | 61 | 191.2 | 6,094 | 2013 |
79 | Lithuania | 61 | 17.3 | 973 | 2013 |
79 | Somalia | 61 | 6.0 | 97 | 2013 |
82 | Chad | 59 | 5.3 | 47 | 2013 |
83 | Ethiopia | 57 | 0.6 | 52 | 2013 |
83 | Yemen | 57 | 2.2 | 108 | 2013 |
85 | Morocco | 55 | 1.7 | 123 | 2013 |
85 | Suriname | 55 | 97.0 | 353 | 2013 |
87 | French Polynesia | 54 | 194.7 | 14,110 | 2013 |
87 | Nigeria | 54 | 0.3 | 59 | 2013 |
89 | Uzbekistan | 53 | 1.8 | 125 | 2013 |
90 | Afghanistan | 52 | 1.7 | 80 | 2013 |
90 | Austria | 52 | 6.3 | 631 | 2013 |
92 | Belize | 47 | 140.6 | 2,061 | 2013 |
92 | Israel | 47 | 6.1 | 2,186 | 2013 |
92 | Nepal | 47 | 1.5 | 328 | 2013 |
92 | Uganda | 47 | 1.4 | 238 | 2013 |
96 | Romania | 45 | 2.1 | 196 | 2013 |
96 | Vietnam | 45 | 0.5 | 145 | 2013 |
98 | Gabon | 44 | 26.8 | 171 | 2013 |
98 | Mongolia | 44 | 13.6 | 28 | 2013 |
100 | United Arab Emirates | 43 | 7.9 | 514 | 2013 |
101 | Latvia | 42 | 19.3 | 675 | 2013 |
102 | Belgium | 41 | 3.9 | 1,354 | 2013 |
102 | Hungary | 41 | 4.1 | 458 | 2013 |
102 | Laos | 41 | 6.1 | 178 | 2013 |
105 | Ireland | 40 | 8.4 | 581 | 2013 |
106 | Central African Republic | 39 | 7.5 | 63 | 2013 |
107 | Azerbaijan | 37 | 3.9 | 448 | 2013 |
107 | Taiwan | 37 | 1.6 | 1,147 | 2013 |
109 | Dominican Republic | 36 | 3.5 | 745 | 2013 |
109 | Solomon Islands | 36 | 60.3 | 1,286 | 2013 |
111 | Slovakia | 35 | 6.4 | 728 | 2013 |
112 | Cameroon | 33 | 1.6 | 70 | 2013 |
113 | Malawi | 32 | 1.9 | 340 | 2013 |
114 | Vanuatu | 31 | 118.5 | 2,543 | 2013 |
115 | Mauritania | 30 | 8.7 | 29 | 2013 |
115 | Niger | 30 | 1.8 | 24 | 2013 |
117 | Liberia | 29 | 7.3 | 301 | 2013 |
117 | Netherlands | 29 | 1.7 | 856 | 2013 |
117 | Puerto Rico | 29 | 7.9 | 3,237 | 2013 |
117 | Tunisia | 29 | 2.7 | 187 | 2013 |
121 | Fiji | 28 | 31.2 | 1,532 | 2013 |
121 | Jamaica | 28 | 9.6 | 2,585 | 2013 |
121 | Kyrgyzstan | 28 | 5.0 | 146 | 2013 |
124 | Congo (Republic) | 27 | 6.0 | 79 | 2013 |
124 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 27 | 1.2 | 85 | 2013 |
126 | Serbia | 26 | 3.6 | 336 | 2013 |
126 | Turkmenistan | 26 | 5.1 | 55 | 2013 |
128 | Mali | 25 | 1.6 | 20 | 2013 |
128 | New Caledonia | 25 | 94.7 | 1,368 | 2013 |
130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 | 6.2 | 469 | 2013 |
130 | Lesotho | 24 | 12.4 | 791 | 2013 |
130 | Tajikistan | 24 | 3.0 | 170 | 2013 |
133 | Antarctica | 23 | ... | 2 | 2013 |
133 | Burkina Faso | 23 | 1.3 | 84 | 2013 |
135 | Georgia | 22 | 4.8 | 316 | 2013 |
136 | Senegal | 20 | 1.5 | 104 | 2013 |
137 | Kiribati | 19 | 184.0 | 23,428 | 2013 |
137 | Sri Lanka | 19 | 0.9 | 294 | 2013 |
139 | Bangladesh | 18 | 0.1 | 138 | 2013 |
139 | Estonia | 18 | 14.2 | 425 | 2013 |
139 | Jordan | 18 | 2.8 | 203 | 2013 |
142 | Cambodia | 16 | 1.1 | 91 | 2013 |
142 | Guinea | 16 | 1.4 | 65 | 2013 |
142 | Slovenia | 16 | 8.0 | 794 | 2013 |
145 | Cyprus | 15 | 13.0 | 1,623 | 2013 |
145 | Greenland | 15 | 259.9 | 7 | 2013 |
145 | Marshall Islands | 15 | 215.1 | 82,873 | 2013 |
148 | Eswatini | 14 | 10.0 | 814 | 2013 |
148 | Haiti | 14 | 1.4 | 508 | 2013 |
148 | Seychelles | 14 | 154.1 | 30,769 | 2013 |
151 | Djibouti | 13 | 16.4 | 561 | 2013 |
151 | Eritrea | 13 | 2.1 | 129 | 2013 |
153 | Armenia | 11 | 3.7 | 390 | 2013 |
153 | Cook Islands | 11 | 1,052.9 | 46,610 | 2013 |
155 | Ghana | 10 | 0.4 | 44 | 2013 |
155 | North Macedonia | 10 | 4.8 | 393 | 2013 |
157 | Cape Verde | 9 | 17.6 | 2,232 | 2013 |
157 | Maldives | 9 | 22.8 | 30,201 | 2013 |
157 | Singapore | 9 | 1.6 | 12,690 | 2013 |
160 | Guinea-Bissau | 8 | 4.8 | 284 | 2013 |
160 | Lebanon | 8 | 1.9 | 782 | 2013 |
160 | Sierra Leone | 8 | 1.4 | 112 | 2013 |
160 | Togo | 8 | 1.1 | 147 | 2013 |
160 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 167.5 | 8,439 | 2013 |
165 | Burundi | 7 | 0.6 | 273 | 2013 |
165 | Equatorial Guinea | 7 | 9.9 | 250 | 2013 |
165 | Falkland Islands | 7 | 2,397.3 | 575 | 2013 |
165 | Kuwait | 7 | 2.6 | 393 | 2013 |
165 | Moldova | 7 | 1.9 | 213 | 2013 |
165 | Rwanda | 7 | 0.6 | 284 | 2013 |
171 | Benin | 6 | 0.6 | 54 | 2013 |
171 | East Timor | 6 | 5.1 | 403 | 2013 |
171 | Kosovo | 6 | 3.2 | 551 | 2013 |
171 | Micronesia | 6 | 56.5 | 8,547 | 2013 |
171 | Qatar | 6 | 2.9 | 518 | 2013 |
171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 58.1 | 15,424 | 2013 |
171 | Tonga | 6 | 56.4 | 8,368 | 2013 |
171 | Western Sahara | 6 | 11.1 | 23 | 2013 |
179 | Guam | 5 | 31.2 | 9,191 | 2013 |
179 | Mauritius | 5 | 3.8 | 2,463 | 2013 |
179 | Montenegro | 5 | 7.7 | 372 | 2013 |
179 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5 | 97.7 | 10,776 | 2013 |
183 | Albania | 4 | 1.4 | 146 | 2013 |
183 | Bahrain | 4 | 3.1 | 5,263 | 2013 |
183 | British Virgin Islands | 4 | 125.3 | 26,490 | 2013 |
183 | Comoros | 4 | 5.3 | 1,790 | 2013 |
183 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 4 | ... | 522 | 2013 |
183 | Samoa | 4 | 20.5 | 1,418 | 2013 |
183 | Spratly Islands | 4 | ... | 800,000 | 2013 |
183 | Svalbard | 4 | 2,082.2 | 64 | 2013 |
183 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 3.3 | 780 | 2013 |
192 | American Samoa | 3 | 54.8 | 13,393 | 2013 |
192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 33.3 | 6,778 | 2013 |
192 | Cayman Islands | 3 | 55.8 | 11,364 | 2013 |
192 | Grenada | 3 | 27.4 | 8,721 | 2013 |
192 | Palau | 3 | 142.1 | 6,536 | 2013 |
192 | Palestinian Territories | 3 | 0.7 | 500 | 2013 |
198 | Anguilla | 2 | 127.0 | 21,978 | 2013 |
198 | Bhutan | 2 | 2.8 | 52 | 2013 |
198 | Dominica | 2 | 27.3 | 2,663 | 2013 |
198 | Guernsey | 2 | 30.5 | 25,608 | 2013 |
198 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0.3 | 1,864 | 2013 |
198 | Luxembourg | 2 | 3.9 | 773 | 2013 |
198 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 39.1 | 7,663 | 2013 |
198 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 12.3 | 3,300 | 2013 |
198 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 | 346.4 | 8,264 | 2013 |
198 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 10.7 | 2,075 | 2013 |
198 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 2 | 19.1 | 5,780 | 2013 |
198 | Wallis and Futuna | 2 | 129.0 | 14,085 | 2013 |
210 | Aruba | 1 | 9.2 | 5,556 | 2013 |
210 | Barbados | 1 | 3.5 | 2,326 | 2013 |
210 | Bermuda | 1 | 14.4 | 18,657 | 2013 |
210 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 | ... | 16,667 | 2013 |
210 | Brunei | 1 | 2.4 | 190 | 2013 |
210 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 20.1 | 718 | 2013 |
210 | Gambia | 1 | 0.5 | 99 | 2013 |
210 | Gibraltar | 1 | 34.4 | 153,846 | 2013 |
210 | Jan Mayen | 1 | ... | 2,653 | 2013 |
210 | Jersey | 1 | 10.4 | 8,621 | 2013 |
210 | Macau | 1 | 1.7 | 35,461 | 2013 |
210 | Malta | 1 | 2.4 | 3,165 | 2013 |
210 | Isle of Man | 1 | 11.6 | 1,748 | 2013 |
210 | Montserrat | 1 | 192.7 | 9,804 | 2013 |
210 | Nauru | 1 | 106.0 | 47,170 | 2013 |
210 | Niue | 1 | 813.7 | 3,846 | 2013 |
210 | Paracel Islands | 1 | ... | 129,032 | 2013 |
210 | Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 137.0 | 40,000 | 2013 |
210 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 1 | 129.0 | 2,538 | 2013 |
210 | Saint Martin | 1 | 32.0 | 18,382 | 2013 |
210 | Sint Maarten | 1 | 25.2 | 29,412 | 2013 |
210 | Tuvalu | 1 | 93.5 | 39,063 | 2013 |
210 | Wake Island | 1 | ... | 153,846 | 2013 |
World | 41,821 | 5.9 | 281 | 2013 |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
Airports or airfields are counted that are recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, earth, sand, or gravel surfaces) but may include closed or abandoned installations. Airports or airfields that are no longer recognizable (overgrown, no facilities, etc.) are not included.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2014-04-12)