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Country
Airports
Afghanistan 46 (2007)
Albania 11 (2007)
Algeria 150 (2007)
American Samoa 3 (2007)
Angola 232 (2007)
Anguilla 3 (2007)
Antarctica 27 (2008)
Antigua and Barbuda 3 (2007)
Argentina 1,272 (2007)
Armenia 12 (2007)
Aruba 1 (2007)
Australia 461 (2007)
Austria 55 (2007)
Azerbaijan 35 (2007)
Bahamas, The 62 (2007)
Bahrain 3 (2007)
Bangladesh 16 (2007)
Barbados 1 (2007)
Belarus 67 (2007)
Belgium 43 (2007)
Belize 44 (2007)
Benin 5 (2007)
Bermuda 1 (2007)
Bhutan 2 (2007)
Bolivia 1,061 (2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 (2007)
Botswana 85 (2007)
Brazil 4,263 (2007)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (2007)
British Virgin Islands 3 (2007)
Brunei 2 (2007)
Bulgaria 214 (2007)
Burkina Faso 33 (2007)
Burma 86 (2007)
Burundi 8 (2007)
Cambodia 17 (2007)
Cameroon 45 (2007)
Canada 1,343 (2007)
Cape Verde 8 (2007)
Cayman Islands 3 (2007)
Central African Republic 51 (2007)
Chad 55 (2007)
Chile 358 (2007)
China 467 (2007)
Christmas Island 1 (2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 (2007)
Colombia 934 (2007)
Comoros 4 (2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 237 (2007)
Congo, Republic of the 31 (2007)
Cook Islands 9 (2007)
Costa Rica 151 (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire 34 (2007)
Croatia 68 (2007)
Cuba 165 (2007)
Cyprus 16 (2007)
Czech Republic 122 (2007)
Denmark 91 (2007)
Djibouti 13 (2007)
Dominica 2 (2007)
Dominican Republic 34 (2007)
Ecuador 406 (2007)
Egypt 88 (2007)
El Salvador 65 (2007)
Equatorial Guinea 5 (2007)
Eritrea 18 (2007)
Estonia 19 (2007)
Ethiopia 84 (2007)
European Union 3,393 (2006)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 6 (2007)
Faroe Islands 1 (2007)
Fiji 28 (2007)
Finland 148 (2007)
France 476 (2007)
French Polynesia 54 (2007)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 4 (one each on Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the Iles Eparses district) (2006)
Gabon 53 (2007)
Gambia, The 1 (2007)
Gaza Strip 2 (2007)
Georgia 23 (2007)
Germany 550 (2007)
Ghana 12 (2007)
Gibraltar 1 (2007)
Greece 81 (2007)
Greenland 14 (2007)
Grenada 3 (2007)
Guam 5 (2007)
Guatemala 402 (2007)
Guernsey 2 (2007)
Guinea 16 (2007)
Guinea-Bissau 27 (2007)
Guyana 93 (2007)
Haiti 14 (2007)
Honduras 112 (2007)
Hong Kong 2 (2007)
Hungary 46 (2007)
Iceland 99 (2007)
India 346 (2007)
Indonesia 652 (2007)
Iran 331 (2007)
Iraq 110 (2007)
Ireland 34 (2007)
Isle of Man 1 (2007)
Israel 53 (2007)
Italy 132 (2007)
Jamaica 34 (2007)
Jan Mayen 1 (2007)
Japan 176 (2007)
Jersey 1 (2007)
Jordan 17 (2007)
Kazakhstan 97 (2007)
Kenya 225 (2007)
Kiribati 19 (2007)
Korea, North 77 (2007)
Korea, South 105 (2007)
Kosovo 10 (2008)
Kuwait 7 (2007)
Kyrgyzstan 30 (2007)
Laos 42 (2007)
Latvia 42 (2007)
Lebanon 7 (2007)
Lesotho 28 (2007)
Liberia 53 (2007)
Libya 141 (2007)
Lithuania 87 (2007)
Luxembourg 2 (2007)
Macau 1 (2007)
Macedonia 17 (2007)
Madagascar 104 (2007)
Malawi 39 (2007)
Malaysia 116 (2007)
Maldives 5 (2007)
Mali 29 (2007)
Malta 1 (2007)
Marshall Islands 15 (2007)
Mauritania 25 (2007)
Mauritius 5 (2007)
Mayotte 1 (2007)
Mexico 1,834 (2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of 6 (2007)
Moldova 10 (2007)
Mongolia 44 (2007)
Montenegro 5 (2007)
Montserrat 2 (2007)
Morocco 60 (2007)
Mozambique 147 (2007)
Namibia 137 (2007)
Nauru 1 (2007)
Nepal 47 (2007)
Netherlands 27 (2007)
Netherlands Antilles 5 (2007)
New Caledonia 25 (2007)
New Zealand 121 (2007)
Nicaragua 163 (2007)
Niger 28 (2007)
Nigeria 70 (2007)
Niue 1 (2007)
Norfolk Island 1 (2007)
Northern Mariana Islands 5 (2007)
Norway 98 (2007)
Oman 137 (2007)
Pakistan 146 (2007)
Palau 3 (2007)
Panama 116 (2007)
Papua New Guinea 578 (2007)
Paracel Islands 1 (2007)
Paraguay 838 (2007)
Peru 237 (2007)
Philippines 255 (2007)
Poland 123 (2007)
Portugal 66 (2007)
Puerto Rico 29 (2007)
Qatar 5 (2007)
Romania 61 (2007)
Russia 1,260 (2007)
Rwanda 9 (2007)
Saint Barthelemy 1
Saint Helena 1 (2007)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (2007)
Saint Lucia 2 (2007)
Saint Martin 1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 (2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 (2007)
Samoa 4 (2007)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2007)
Saudi Arabia 213 (2007)
Senegal 20 (2007)
Serbia 39 (2007)
Seychelles 15 (2007)
Sierra Leone 10 (2007)
Singapore 8 (2007)
Slovakia 35 (2007)
Slovenia 14 (2007)
Solomon Islands 35 (2007)
Somalia 67 (2007)
South Africa 728 (2007)
Spain 154 (2007)
Spratly Islands 3 (2007)
Sri Lanka 18 (2007)
Sudan 101 (2007)
Suriname 50 (2007)
Svalbard 4 (2007)
Swaziland 18 (2007)
Sweden 250 (2007)
Switzerland 65 (2007)
Syria 90 (2007)
Taiwan 41 (2007)
Tajikistan 26 (2007)
Tanzania 124 (2007)
Thailand 106 (2007)
Timor-Leste 8 (2007)
Togo 9 (2007)
Tonga 6 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 6 (2007)
Tunisia 30 (2007)
Turkey 117 (2007)
Turkmenistan 28 (2007)
Turks and Caicos Islands 8 (2007)
Tuvalu 1 (2007)
Uganda 32 (2007)
Ukraine 437 (2007)
United Arab Emirates 39 (2007)
United Kingdom 449 (2007)
United States 14,947 (2007)
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 60 (2007)
Uzbekistan 54 (2007)
Vanuatu 31 (2007)
Venezuela 390 (2007)
Vietnam 44 (2007)
Virgin Islands 2 (2007)
Wake Island 1 (2007)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2007)
West Bank 3 (2007)
Western Sahara 9 (2007)
World total airports - 49,024
top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134; London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066; Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt - 52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis - 3,692,081; Hong Kong - 3,609,780; Anchorage - 2,691,395; Seoul - 2,336,572; Tokyo - 2,280,830; Shanghai - 2,168,122; Paris - 2,130,724; Frankfurt - 2,127,646; Louisville (US) - 1,983,032; Singapore - 1,931,881 (2006)
Yemen 50 (2007)
Zambia 107 (2007)
Zimbabwe 341 (2007)

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008


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