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: 29
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 6 (2012)
Albania
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2012)
Algeria
total: 82
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 39
under 914 m: 23 (2012)
Angola
total: 146
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 31
914 to 1,523 m: 66
under 914 m: 43 (2012)
Antarctica
total: 23
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 6 (2012)
Argentina
total: 990
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 45
914 to 1,523 m: 499
under 914 m: 444 (2012)
Armenia
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2012)
Australia
total: 134
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 101
under 914 m: 14 (2012)
Austria
total: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 24 (2012)
Bahamas, The
total: 39
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 20 (2012)
Bangladesh
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Belarus
total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 28 (2012)
Belgium
total: 16
under 914 m: 16 (2012)
Belize
total: 37
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 26 (2012)
Benin
total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2012)
Bhutan
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2012)
Bolivia
total: 844
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 157
under 914 m: 631 (2012)
Botswana
total: 66
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 47
under 914 m: 14 (2012)
Brazil
total: 3,392
1,524 to 2,437 m: 91
914 to 1,523 m: 1,648
under 914 m: 1,653 (2012)
Bulgaria
total: 78
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 72 (2012)
Burkina Faso
total: 22
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 6 (2012)
Burma
total: 38
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 23 (2012)
Burundi
total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Cambodia
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Cameroon
total: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 7 (2012)
Canada
total: 931
1,524 to 2,437 m: 72
914 to 1,523 m: 387
under 914 m: 472 (2012)
Chad
total: 49
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 11 (2012)
Chile
total: 388
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 54
under 914 m: 318 (2012)
China
total: 45
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 21 (2012)
Colombia
total: 741
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 178
under 914 m: 537 (2012)
Cook Islands
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Costa Rica
total: 112
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 93 (2012)
Cote d'Ivoire
total: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Croatia
total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 38 (2012)
Cuba
total: 71
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 59 (2012)
Cyprus
total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Czech Republic
total: 87
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 26
under 914 m: 60 (2012)
Denmark
total: 61
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 59 (2012)
Djibouti
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Ecuador
total: 330
914 to 1,523 m: 40
under 914 m: 290 (2012)
Egypt
total: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
El Salvador
total: 60
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 48 (2012)
Eritrea
total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2012)
Estonia
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Ethiopia
total: 41
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 7 (2012)
European Union
total: 1,361
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 249
under 914 m: 1,097 (2012)
Fiji
total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 19 (2012)
Finland
total: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 70 (2012)
France
total: 176
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 109 (2012)
Gabon
total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 14 (2012)
Georgia
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Germany
total: 219
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 32
under 914 m: 185 (2012)
Ghana
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2012)
Greece
total: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 13 (2012)
Greenland
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Guam
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Guatemala
total: 276
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 79
under 914 m: 194 (2012)
Guinea
total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Guinea-Bissau
total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Guyana
total: 87
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 74 (2012)
Haiti
total: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 8 (2012)
Honduras
total: 91
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 73 (2012)
Hungary
total: 21
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 11 (2012)
Iceland
total: 93
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 63 (2012)
India
total: 101
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 42
under 914 m: 48 (2012)
Indonesia
total: 491
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 462 (2012)
Iran
total: 188
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 142
under 914 m: 34 (2012)
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 (2012)
Ireland
total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 21 (2012)
Israel
total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 14 (2012)
Italy
total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 19 (2012)
Jamaica
total: 15
under 914 m: (2012)
Jan Mayen
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2012)
Japan
total: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 28 (2012)
Jordan
total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Kazakhstan
total: 33
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 13 (2012)
Kenya
total: 179
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 110
under 914 m: 55 (2012)
Kiribati
total: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
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 (2012)
Korea, South
total: 43
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 41 (2012)
Kosovo
total: 4
under 914 m: 4 (2012)
Kuwait
total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Kyrgyzstan
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 8 (2012)
Laos
total: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 22 (2012)
Latvia
total: 23
under 914 m: 23 (2012)
Lebanon
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2012)
Lesotho
total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 16 (2012)
Liberia
total: 27
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 14 (2012)
Libya
total: 80
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 40
under 914 m: 20 (2012)
Lithuania
total: 55
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 52 (2012)
Macedonia
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Madagascar
total: 56
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 36
under 914 m: 18 (2012)
Malawi
total: 24
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 11 (2012)
Malaysia
total: 78
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 71 (2012)
Maldives
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2012)
Mali
total: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Mauritania
total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Mauritius
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Mexico
total: 1,475
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 44
914 to 1,523 m: 288
under 914 m: 1,140 (2012)
Moldova
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2012)
Mongolia
total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Morocco
total: 25
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
Mozambique
total: 79
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 32
under 914 m: 37 (2012)
Namibia
total: 93
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 52
under 914 m: 16 (2012)
Nepal
total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 29 (2012)
Netherlands
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2012)
New Zealand
total: 83
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 33
under 914 m: 47 (2012)
Nicaragua
total: 132
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 115 (2012)
Niger
total: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Nigeria
total: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Norway
total: 31
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 25 (2012)
Oman
total: 118
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 32
under 914 m: 26 (2012)
Pakistan
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 24 (2012)
Palau
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2012)
Panama
total: 63
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 51 (2012)
Papua New Guinea
total: 542
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 55
under 914 m: 476 (2012)
Paraguay
total: 785
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 289
under 914 m: 473 (2012)
Peru
total: 133
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 30
under 914 m: 83 (2012)
Philippines
total: 164
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 101 (2012)
Poland
total: 39
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 21 (2012)
Portugal
total: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 21 (2012)
Puerto Rico
total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 10 (2012)
Qatar
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Romania
total: 27
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 21 (2012)
Russia
total: 625
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 14
1,524 to 2,437 m: 69
914 to 1,523 m: 85
under 914 m: 454 (2012)
Rwanda
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Samoa
total: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Saudi Arabia
total: 136
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 71
914 to 1,523 m: 41
under 914 m: 16 (2012)
Senegal
total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Serbia
total: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 8 (2012)
Seychelles
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
Slovakia
total: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 8 (2012)
Slovenia
total: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
Solomon Islands
total: 35
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 25 (2012)
Somalia
total: 55
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 6 (2012)
South Africa
total: 422
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 260
under 914 m: 132 (2012)
South Sudan
total: 81
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 34
Spain
total: 54
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 38 (2012)
Sri Lanka
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Sudan
total: 57
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 12 (2012)
Suriname
total: 42
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 38 (2012)
Swaziland
total: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 7 (2012)
Sweden
total: 81
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 76 (2012)
Syria
total: 70
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 55 (2012)
Taiwan
total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Tajikistan
total: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
Tanzania
total: 95
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 58
under 914 m: 18 (2012)
Thailand
total: 40
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 27 (2012)
Timor-Leste
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Togo
total: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2012)
Tonga
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Tunisia
total: 14
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 8 (2012)
Turkey
total: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 4 (2012)
Turkmenistan
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2012)
Tuvalu
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2012)
Uganda
total: 41
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 26
under 914 m: 7 (2012)
Ukraine
total: 233
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 216 (2012)
United Arab Emirates
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 5 (2012)
United Kingdom
total: 190
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 25
under 914 m: 163 (2012)
United States
total: 9,885
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 155
914 to 1,523 m: 1,752
under 914 m: 7,971 (2010)
Uruguay
total: 83
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 53 (2012)
Uzbekistan
total: 20
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
under 914 m: 18 (2012)
Vanuatu
total: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 23 (2012)
Venezuela
total: 364
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 55
914 to 1,523 m: 113
under 914 m: 193 (2012)
Vietnam
total: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2012)
Western Sahara
total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2012)
Yemen
total: 40
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 9 (2012)
Zambia
total: 80
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 53
under 914 m: 21 (2012)
Zimbabwe
total: 185
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 110
under 914 m: 73 (2012)