Airports / World Rankings
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.
Rank
|
Country
|
Airports
|
Date of Information
|
1 |
United States
|
15,079 |
2010 |
2 |
Brazil
|
4,105 |
2012 |
3 |
Mexico
|
1,724 |
2012 |
4 |
Canada
|
1,453 |
2012 |
5 |
Russia
|
1,218 |
2012 |
6 |
Argentina
|
1,149 |
2012 |
7 |
Bolivia
|
865 |
2012 |
8 |
Colombia
|
862 |
2012 |
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|
9 |
Paraguay
|
800 |
2012 |
10 |
Indonesia
|
676 |
2012 |
11 |
South Africa
|
567 |
2012 |
12 |
Papua New Guinea
|
562 |
2012 |
13 |
Germany
|
541 |
2012 |
14 |
China
|
497 |
2012 |
15 |
Venezuela
|
492 |
2012 |
16 |
Chile
|
476 |
2012 |
17 |
France
|
473 |
2012 |
18 |
Australia
|
467 |
2012 |
19 |
United Kingdom
|
462 |
2012 |
20 |
Ecuador
|
431 |
2012 |
21 |
Ukraine
|
412 |
2012 |
22 |
India
|
352 |
2012 |
23 |
Iran
|
324 |
2012 |
24 |
Guatemala
|
291 |
2012 |
25 |
Philippines
|
247 |
2012 |
26 |
Sweden
|
230 |
2012 |
27 |
Saudi Arabia
|
216 |
2012 |
28 |
Bulgaria
|
202 |
2012 |
29 |
Zimbabwe
|
202 |
2012 |
30 |
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The
|
201 |
2012 |
31 |
Kenya
|
194 |
2012 |
32 |
Peru
|
191 |
2012 |
33 |
Angola
|
176 |
2012 |
34 |
Japan
|
175 |
2012 |
35 |
Costa Rica
|
153 |
2012 |
36 |
Spain
|
152 |
2012 |
37 |
Pakistan
|
151 |
2012 |
38 |
Finland
|
148 |
2012 |
39 |
Libya
|
144 |
2012 |
40 |
Nicaragua
|
143 |
2012 |
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|
41 |
Algeria
|
142 |
2012 |
42 |
Cuba
|
136 |
2012 |
43 |
Italy
|
130 |
2012 |
44 |
Oman
|
130 |
2012 |
45 |
Czech Republic
|
128 |
2012 |
46 |
Poland
|
125 |
2012 |
47 |
New Zealand
|
122 |
2012 |
48 |
Panama
|
118 |
2012 |
49 |
Malaysia
|
117 |
2012 |
50 |
Korea, South
|
114 |
2012 |
51 |
Namibia
|
112 |
2012 |
52 |
Tanzania
|
106 |
2012 |
53 |
Iraq
|
104 |
2012 |
54 |
Honduras
|
104 |
2012 |
55 |
Thailand
|
103 |
2012 |
56 |
Mozambique
|
100 |
2012 |
57 |
Syria
|
99 |
2012 |
58 |
Iceland
|
99 |
2012 |
59 |
Norway
|
98 |
2012 |
60 |
Turkey
|
98 |
2012 |
61 |
Guyana
|
98 |
2012 |
62 |
Kazakhstan
|
97 |
2012 |
63 |
Uruguay
|
94 |
2012 |
64 |
Denmark
|
89 |
2012 |
65 |
Zambia
|
88 |
2012 |
66 |
South Sudan
|
84 |
NA |
67 |
Egypt
|
84 |
2012 |
68 |
Greece
|
82 |
2012 |
69 |
Madagascar
|
82 |
2012 |
70 |
Lithuania
|
81 |
2012 |
71 |
Korea, North
|
81 |
2012 |
72 |
Botswana
|
76 |
2012 |
73 |
Burma
|
74 |
2012 |
74 |
Sudan
|
72 |
2012 |
75 |
Croatia
|
69 |
2012 |
76 |
El Salvador
|
65 |
2012 |
77 |
Belarus
|
65 |
2012 |
78 |
Portugal
|
65 |
2012 |
79 |
Switzerland
|
64 |
2012 |
80 |
Somalia
|
62 |
2012 |
81 |
Bahamas, The
|
61 |
2012 |
82 |
Ethiopia
|
58 |
2012 |
83 |
Chad
|
58 |
2012 |
84 |
Yemen
|
57 |
2012 |
85 |
Morocco
|
56 |
2012 |
86 |
French Polynesia
|
53 |
2012 |
87 |
Uzbekistan
|
53 |
2012 |
88 |
Nigeria
|
53 |
2012 |
89 |
Romania
|
53 |
2012 |
90 |
Afghanistan
|
52 |
2012 |
91 |
Austria
|
52 |
2012 |
92 |
Suriname
|
47 |
2012 |
93 |
Israel
|
47 |
2012 |
94 |
Nepal
|
47 |
2012 |
95 |
Uganda
|
46 |
2012 |
96 |
Gabon
|
45 |
2012 |
97 |
Vietnam
|
44 |
2012 |
98 |
Mongolia
|
44 |
2012 |
99 |
Belize
|
43 |
2012 |
100 |
Belgium
|
43 |
2012 |
101 |
Laos
|
42 |
2012 |
102 |
Latvia
|
42 |
2012 |
103 |
United Arab Emirates
|
42 |
2012 |
104 |
Hungary
|
41 |
2012 |
105 |
Taiwan
|
40 |
2012 |
106 |
Central African Republic
|
40 |
2012 |
107 |
Ireland
|
39 |
2012 |
108 |
Slovakia
|
37 |
2012 |
109 |
Azerbaijan
|
37 |
2012 |
110 |
Solomon Islands
|
36 |
2012 |
111 |
Dominican Republic
|
36 |
2012 |
112 |
Cameroon
|
34 |
2012 |
113 |
Vanuatu
|
31 |
2012 |
114 |
Malawi
|
31 |
2012 |
115 |
Serbia
|
30 |
2012 |
116 |
Niger
|
30 |
2012 |
117 |
Liberia
|
29 |
2012 |
118 |
Tunisia
|
29 |
2012 |
119 |
Puerto Rico
|
29 |
2012 |
120 |
Fiji
|
28 |
2012 |
121 |
Mauritania
|
28 |
2012 |
122 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
28 |
2012 |
123 |
Cote D'ivoire
|
27 |
2012 |
124 |
Netherlands
|
27 |
2012 |
125 |
Jamaica
|
27 |
2012 |
126 |
Turkmenistan
|
26 |
2012 |
127 |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
|
25 |
2012 |
128 |
New Caledonia
|
25 |
2012 |
129 |
Congo, Republic Of The
|
25 |
2012 |
130 |
Burkina Faso
|
24 |
2012 |
131 |
Tajikistan
|
24 |
2012 |
132 |
Lesotho
|
24 |
2012 |
133 |
Antarctica
|
23 |
2012 |
134 |
Georgia
|
22 |
2012 |
135 |
Mali
|
21 |
2012 |
136 |
Senegal
|
20 |
2012 |
137 |
Kiribati
|
19 |
2012 |
138 |
Bangladesh
|
18 |
2012 |
139 |
Sri Lanka
|
18 |
2012 |
140 |
Jordan
|
18 |
2012 |
141 |
Estonia
|
18 |
2012 |
142 |
Cambodia
|
16 |
2012 |
143 |
Slovenia
|
16 |
2012 |
144 |
Guinea
|
16 |
2012 |
145 |
Cyprus
|
15 |
2012 |
146 |
Swaziland
|
15 |
2012 |
147 |
Marshall Islands
|
15 |
2012 |
148 |
Greenland
|
15 |
2012 |
149 |
Haiti
|
14 |
2012 |
150 |
Seychelles
|
14 |
2012 |
151 |
Macedonia
|
14 |
2012 |
152 |
Eritrea
|
13 |
2012 |
153 |
Djibouti
|
13 |
2012 |
154 |
Cook Islands
|
11 |
2012 |
155 |
Armenia
|
11 |
2012 |
156 |
Moldova
|
10 |
2012 |
157 |
Ghana
|
10 |
2012 |
158 |
Singapore
|
9 |
2012 |
159 |
Cape Verde
|
9 |
2012 |
160 |
Guinea-bissau
|
8 |
2012 |
161 |
Kosovo
|
8 |
2012 |
162 |
Turks And Caicos Islands
|
8 |
2012 |
163 |
Togo
|
8 |
2012 |
164 |
Sierra Leone
|
8 |
2012 |
165 |
Burundi
|
7 |
2012 |
166 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
7 |
2012 |
167 |
Rwanda
|
7 |
2012 |
168 |
Kuwait
|
7 |
2012 |
169 |
Lebanon
|
7 |
2012 |
170 |
Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas)
|
7 |
2012 |
171 |
Maldives
|
6 |
2012 |
172 |
Micronesia, Federated States Of
|
6 |
2012 |
173 |
Qatar
|
6 |
2012 |
174 |
Western Sahara
|
6 |
2012 |
175 |
Timor-leste
|
6 |
2012 |
176 |
Tonga
|
6 |
2012 |
177 |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
|
6 |
2012 |
178 |
Albania
|
5 |
2012 |
179 |
Benin
|
5 |
2012 |
180 |
Trinidad And Tobago
|
5 |
2012 |
181 |
Montenegro
|
5 |
2012 |
182 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
5 |
2012 |
183 |
Mauritius
|
5 |
2012 |
184 |
Bahrain
|
4 |
2012 |
185 |
British Virgin Islands
|
4 |
2012 |
186 |
Comoros
|
4 |
2012 |
187 |
Svalbard
|
4 |
2012 |
188 |
Samoa
|
4 |
2012 |
189 |
Spratly Islands
|
4 |
2012 |
190 |
French Southern And Antarctic Lands
|
4 |
2010 |
191 |
American Samoa
|
3 |
2012 |
192 |
Anguilla
|
3 |
2012 |
193 |
Palau
|
3 |
2012 |
194 |
Cayman Islands
|
3 |
2012 |
195 |
Grenada
|
3 |
2012 |
196 |
Antigua And Barbuda
|
3 |
2012 |
197 |
Bhutan
|
2 |
2012 |
198 |
Dominica
|
2 |
2012 |
199 |
Guernsey
|
2 |
2012 |
200 |
Hong Kong
|
2 |
2012 |
201 |
Luxembourg
|
2 |
2012 |
202 |
West Bank
|
2 |
2012 |
203 |
Saint Lucia
|
2 |
2012 |
204 |
Saint Pierre And Miquelon
|
2 |
2012 |
205 |
Sao Tome And Principe
|
2 |
2012 |
206 |
Virgin Islands
|
2 |
2012 |
207 |
Wallis And Futuna
|
2 |
2012 |
208 |
Saint Kitts And Nevis
|
2 |
2012 |
209 |
Aruba
|
1 |
2012 |
210 |
Wake Island
|
1 |
2012 |
211 |
Bermuda
|
1 |
2012 |
212 |
British Indian Ocean Territory
|
1 |
2012 |
213 |
Brunei
|
1 |
2012 |
214 |
Christmas Island
|
1 |
2012 |
215 |
Cocos (keeling) Islands
|
1 |
2012 |
216 |
Curacao
|
1 |
NA |
217 |
Faroe Islands
|
1 |
2012 |
218 |
Gambia, The
|
1 |
2012 |
219 |
Gaza Strip
|
1 |
2012 |
220 |
Gibraltar
|
1 |
2012 |
221 |
Isle Of Man
|
1 |
2012 |
222 |
Jan Mayen
|
1 |
2012 |
223 |
Jersey
|
1 |
2012 |
224 |
Macau
|
1 |
2012 |
225 |
Malta
|
1 |
2012 |
226 |
Montserrat
|
1 |
2012 |
227 |
Nauru
|
1 |
2012 |
228 |
Niue
|
1 |
2012 |
229 |
Norfolk Island
|
1 |
2012 |
230 |
Paracel Islands
|
1 |
2012 |
231 |
Saint Barthelemy
|
1 |
2012 |
232 |
Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha
|
1 |
2012 |
233 |
Saint Martin
|
1 |
2012 |
234 |
Sint Maarten
|
1 |
NA |
235 |
Tuvalu
|
1 |
2012 |
236 |
Barbados
|
1 |
2012 |
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