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 52 (2012)
Albania 5 (2012)
Algeria 142 (2012)
American Samoa 3 (2012)
Angola 176 (2012)
Anguilla 3 (2012)
Antarctica 23 (2012)
Antigua and Barbuda 3 (2012)
Argentina 1,149 (2012)
Armenia 11 (2012)
Aruba 1 (2012)
Australia 467 (2012)
Austria 52 (2012)
Azerbaijan 37 (2012)
Bahamas, The 61 (2012)
Bahrain 4 (2012)
Bangladesh 18 (2012)
Barbados 1 (2012)
Belarus 65 (2012)
Belgium 43 (2012)
Belize 43 (2012)
Benin 5 (2012)
Bermuda 1 (2012)
Bhutan 2 (2012)
Bolivia 865 (2012)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 (2012)
Botswana 76 (2012)
Brazil 4,105 (2012)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (2012)
British Virgin Islands 4 (2012)
Brunei 1 (2012)
Bulgaria 202 (2012)
Burkina Faso 24 (2012)
Burma 74 (2012)
Burundi 7 (2012)
Cambodia 16 (2012)
Cameroon 34 (2012)
Canada 1,453 (2012)
Cape Verde 9 (2012)
Cayman Islands 3 (2012)
Central African Republic 40 (2012)
Chad 58 (2012)
Chile 476 (2012)
China 497 (2012)
Christmas Island 1 (2012)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 (2012)
Colombia 862 (2012)
Comoros 4 (2012)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 201 (2012)
Congo, Republic of the 25 (2012)
Cook Islands 11 (2012)
Costa Rica 153 (2012)
Cote d'Ivoire 27 (2012)
Croatia 69 (2012)
Cuba 136 (2012)
Curacao 1
Cyprus 15 (2012)
Czech Republic 128 (2012)
Denmark 89 (2012)
Djibouti 13 (2012)
Dominica 2 (2012)
Dominican Republic 36 (2012)
Ecuador 431 (2012)
Egypt 84 (2012)
El Salvador 65 (2012)
Equatorial Guinea 7 (2012)
Eritrea 13 (2012)
Estonia 18 (2012)
Ethiopia 58 (2012)
European Union 3,294 (2012)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 7 (2012)
Faroe Islands 1 (2012)
Fiji 28 (2012)
Finland 148 (2012)
France 473 (2012)
French Polynesia 53 (2012)
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 45 (2012)
Gambia, The 1 (2012)
Gaza Strip 1 (2012)
Georgia 22 (2012)
Germany 541 (2012)
Ghana 10 (2012)
Gibraltar 1 (2012)
Greece 82 (2012)
Greenland 15 (2012)
Grenada 3 (2012)
Guam 5 (2012)
Guatemala 291 (2012)
Guernsey 2 (2012)
Guinea 16 (2012)
Guinea-Bissau 8 (2012)
Guyana 98 (2012)
Haiti 14 (2012)
Honduras 104 (2012)
Hong Kong 2 (2012)
Howland Island one airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable (2010)
Hungary 41 (2012)
Iceland 99 (2012)
India 352 (2012)
Indonesia 676 (2012)
Iran 324 (2012)
Iraq 104 (2012)
Ireland 39 (2012)
Isle of Man 1 (2012)
Israel 47 (2012)
Italy 130 (2012)
Jamaica 27 (2012)
Jan Mayen 1 (2012)
Japan 175 (2012)
Jersey 1 (2012)
Johnston Atoll 1 (2012)
Jordan 18 (2012)
Kazakhstan 97 (2012)
Kenya 194 (2012)
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 (2010)
Kiribati 19 (2012)
Korea, North 81 (2012)
Korea, South 114 (2012)
Kosovo 8 (2012)
Kuwait 7 (2012)
Kyrgyzstan 28 (2012)
Laos 42 (2012)
Latvia 42 (2012)
Lebanon 7 (2012)
Lesotho 24 (2012)
Liberia 29 (2012)
Libya 144 (2012)
Lithuania 81 (2012)
Luxembourg 2 (2012)
Macau 1 (2012)
Macedonia 14 (2012)
Madagascar 82 (2012)
Malawi 31 (2012)
Malaysia 117 (2012)
Maldives 6 (2012)
Mali 21 (2012)
Malta 1 (2012)
Marshall Islands 15 (2012)
Mauritania 28 (2012)
Mauritius 5 (2012)
Mexico 1,724 (2012)
Micronesia, Federated States of 6 (2012)
Midway Islands 3 (2012)
Moldova 10 (2012)
Mongolia 44 (2012)
Montenegro 5 (2012)
Montserrat 1 (2012)
Morocco 56 (2012)
Mozambique 100 (2012)
Namibia 112 (2012)
Nauru 1 (2012)
Nepal 47 (2012)
Netherlands 27 (2012)
New Caledonia 25 (2012)
New Zealand 122 (2012)
Nicaragua 143 (2012)
Niger 30 (2012)
Nigeria 53 (2012)
Niue 1 (2012)
Norfolk Island 1 (2012)
Northern Mariana Islands 5 (2012)
Norway 98 (2012)
Oman 130 (2012)
Pakistan 151 (2012)
Palau 3 (2012)
Palmyra Atoll 1 (2012)
Panama 118 (2012)
Papua New Guinea 562 (2012)
Paracel Islands 1 (2012)
Paraguay 800 (2012)
Peru 191 (2012)
Philippines 247 (2012)
Poland 125 (2012)
Portugal 65 (2012)
Puerto Rico 29 (2012)
Qatar 6 (2012)
Romania 53 (2012)
Russia 1,218 (2012)
Rwanda 7 (2012)
Saint Barthelemy 1 (2012)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 1 (Ascension Island) (2012)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (2012)
Saint Lucia 2 (2012)
Saint Martin 1 (2012)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 (2012)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 (2012)
Samoa 4 (2012)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2012)
Saudi Arabia 216 (2012)
Senegal 20 (2012)
Serbia 30 (2012)
Seychelles 14 (2012)
Sierra Leone 8 (2012)
Singapore 9 (2012)
Sint Maarten 1
Slovakia 37 (2012)
Slovenia 16 (2012)
Solomon Islands 36 (2012)
Somalia 62 (2012)
South Africa 567 (2012)
South Sudan 84
Spain 152 (2012)
Spratly Islands 4 (2012)
Sri Lanka 18 (2012)
Sudan 72 (2012)
Suriname 47 (2012)
Svalbard 4 (2012)
Swaziland 15 (2012)
Sweden 230 (2012)
Switzerland 64 (2012)
Syria 99 (2012)
Taiwan 40 (2012)
Tajikistan 24 (2012)
Tanzania 106 (2012)
Thailand 103 (2012)
Timor-Leste 6 (2012)
Togo 8 (2012)
Tonga 6 (2012)
Trinidad and Tobago 5 (2012)
Tunisia 29 (2012)
Turkey 98 (2012)
Turkmenistan 26 (2012)
Turks and Caicos Islands 8 (2012)
Tuvalu 1 (2012)
Uganda 46 (2012)
Ukraine 412 (2012)
United Arab Emirates 42 (2012)
United Kingdom 462 (2012)
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 94 (2012)
Uzbekistan 53 (2012)
Vanuatu 31 (2012)
Venezuela 492 (2012)
Vietnam 44 (2012)
Virgin Islands 2 (2012)
Wake Island 1 (2012)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2012)
West Bank 2 (2012)
Western Sahara 6 (2012)
World total airports - 43,794 (2012)
top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 89,331,622; Beijing (PEK) - 73,948,113; Chicago (ORD) - 66,774,738; London (LHR) - 65,884,143; Tokyo (HND) - 64,211,074; Los Angeles (LAX) - 59,070,127; Paris (CDG) - 58,167,062; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 56,906,610; Frankfurt (FRA) - 53,009,221; Denver (DEN) - 52,209,377 (2010)
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Hong Kong (HKG) - 4,165,852; Memphis (MEM) - 3,916,811; Shanghai (PVG) - 3,228,081; Incheon (ICN) - 2,684,499; Anchorage (ANC) - 2,646,695; Paris (CDG) - 2,399,067; Frankfurt (FRA) - 2,275,000; Dubai (DXB) - 2,270,498; Tokyo (NRT) - 2,167,853; Louisville (SDF) - 2,166,656 (2010)
Yemen 57 (2012)
Zambia 88 (2012)
Zimbabwe 202 (2012)