The World Factbook. 2008.
Airports
Country | Airports |
Afghanistan | 46 (2007) |
Albania | 11 (2007) |
Algeria | 150 (2007) |
American Samoa | 3 (2007) |
Angola | 232 (2007) |
Anguilla | 3 (2007) |
Antarctica | 26 (2007) |
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) |
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 (note – includes Kosovo) (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 (2006) |
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) |