FACTOID # 3: American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   United States: 14,947  2007 Time series
# 2   Brazil: 4,263  2007 Time series
# 4   Mexico: 1,834  2007 Time series
# 5   Canada: 1,343  2007 Time series
# 6   Argentina: 1,272  2007 Time series
# 7   Russia: 1,260  2007 Time series
# 8   Bolivia: 1,061  2007 Time series
# 9   Colombia: 934  2007 Time series
# 10   Paraguay: 838  2007 Time series
# 11   South Africa: 728  2007 Time series
# 12   Indonesia: 652  2007 Time series
# 13   Papua New Guinea: 578  2007 Time series
# 14   Germany: 550  2007 Time series
# 15   France: 476  2007 Time series
# 16   China: 467  2007 Time series
# 17   Australia: 461  2007 Time series
# 18   United Kingdom: 449  2007 Time series
# 19   Ukraine: 437  2007 Time series
# 20   Ecuador: 406  2007 Time series
# 21   Guatemala: 402  2007 Time series
# 22   Venezuela: 390  2007 Time series
# 23   Chile: 358  2007 Time series
# 24   India: 346  2007 Time series
# 25   Zimbabwe: 341  2007 Time series
# 26   Iran: 331  2007 Time series
# 27   Philippines: 255  2007 Time series
# 28   Sweden: 250  2007 Time series
= 29   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 237  2007 Time series
= 29   Peru: 237  2007 Time series
# 31   Angola: 232  2007 Time series
# 32   Kenya: 225  2007 Time series
# 33   Bulgaria: 214  2007 Time series
# 34   Saudi Arabia: 213  2007 Time series
# 35   Japan: 176  2007 Time series
# 36   Cuba: 165  2007 Time series
# 37   Nicaragua: 163  2007 Time series
# 38   Spain: 154  2007 Time series
# 39   Costa Rica: 151  2007 Time series
# 40   Algeria: 150  2007 Time series
# 41   Finland: 148  2007 Time series
# 42   Mozambique: 147  2007 Time series
# 43   Pakistan: 146  2007 Time series
# 44   Libya: 141  2007 Time series
= 45   Oman: 137  2007 Time series
= 45   Namibia: 137  2007 Time series
# 47   Italy: 132  2007 Time series
# 48   Tanzania: 124  2007 Time series
# 49   Poland: 123  2007 Time series
# 50   Czech Republic: 122  2007 Time series
# 51   New Zealand: 121  2007 Time series
# 52   Turkey: 117  2007 Time series
= 53   Malaysia: 116  2007 Time series
= 53   Panama: 116  2007 Time series
# 55   Honduras: 112  2007 Time series
# 56   Iraq: 110  2007 Time series
# 57   Zambia: 107  2007 Time series
# 58   Thailand: 106  2007 Time series
# 59   Korea, South: 105  2007 Time series
# 60   Madagascar: 104  2007 Time series
# 61   Sudan: 101  2007 Time series
# 62   Iceland: 99  2007 Time series
# 63   Norway: 98  2007 Time series
# 64   Kazakhstan: 97  2007 Time series
# 65   Guyana: 93  2007 Time series
# 66   Denmark: 91  2007 Time series
# 67   Syria: 90  2007 Time series
# 68   Egypt: 88  2007 Time series
# 69   Lithuania: 87  2007 Time series
# 70   Burma: 86  2007 Time series
# 71   Botswana: 85  2007 Time series
# 72   Ethiopia: 84  2007 Time series
# 73   Greece: 81  2007 Time series
# 74   Korea, North: 77  2007 Time series
# 75   Nigeria: 70  2007 Time series
# 76   Croatia: 68  2007 Time series
= 77   Belarus: 67  2007 Time series
= 77   Somalia: 67  2007 Time series
# 79   Portugal: 66  2007 Time series
= 80   Switzerland: 65  2007 Time series
= 80   El Salvador: 65  2007 Time series
# 82   Bahamas, The: 62  2007 Time series
# 83   Romania: 61  2007 Time series
= 84   Morocco: 60  2007 Time series
= 84   Uruguay: 60  2007 Time series
= 86   Austria: 55  2007 Time series
= 86   Chad: 55  2007 Time series
= 88   Uzbekistan: 54  2007 Time series
= 88   French Polynesia: 54  2007 Time series
= 90   Gabon: 53  2007 Time series
= 90   Israel: 53  2007 Time series
= 90   Liberia: 53  2007 Time series
# 93   Central African Republic: 51  2007 Time series
= 94   Suriname: 50  2007 Time series
= 94   Yemen: 50  2007 Time series
# 96   Nepal: 47  2007 Time series
= 97   Afghanistan: 46  2007 Time series
= 97   Hungary: 46  2007 Time series
# 99   Cameroon: 45  2007 Time series
= 100   Vietnam: 44  2007 Time series
= 100   Mongolia: 44  2007 Time series
= 100   Belize: 44  2007 Time series
# 103   Belgium: 43  2007 Time series
= 104   Latvia: 42  2007 Time series
= 104   Laos: 42  2007 Time series
# 106   Taiwan: 41  2007 Time series
= 107   Serbia and Montenegro: 39  2007 Time series
= 107   Malawi: 39  2007 Time series
= 107   United Arab Emirates: 39  2007 Time series
= 110   Azerbaijan: 35  2007 Time series
= 110   Solomon Islands: 35  2007 Time series
= 110   Slovakia: 35  2007 Time series
= 113   Dominican Republic: 34  2007 Time series
= 113   Ireland: 34  2007 Time series
= 113   Côte d'Ivoire: 34  2007 Time series
= 113   Jamaica: 34  2007 Time series
# 117   Burkina Faso: 33  2007 Time series
# 118   Uganda: 32  2007 Time series
= 119   Congo, Republic of the: 31  2007 Time series
= 119   Vanuatu: 31  2007 Time series
= 121   Kyrgyzstan: 30  2007 Time series
= 121   Tunisia: 30  2007 Time series
= 123   Mali: 29  2007 Time series
= 123   Puerto Rico: 29  2007 Time series
= 125   Lesotho: 28  2007 Time series
= 125   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 28  2007 Time series
= 125   Turkmenistan: 28  2007 Time series
= 125   Niger: 28  2007 Time series
= 125   Fiji: 28  2007 Time series
= 130   Netherlands: 27  2007 Time series
= 130   Guinea-Bissau: 27  2007 Time series
= 132   Tajikistan: 26  2007 Time series
= 134   Mauritania: 25  2007 Time series
= 134   New Caledonia: 25  2007 Time series
# 136   Georgia: 23  2007 Time series
# 137   Senegal: 20  2007 Time series
= 138   Kiribati: 19  2007 Time series
= 138   Estonia: 19  2007 Time series
= 140   Swaziland: 18  2007 Time series
= 140   Sri Lanka: 18  2007 Time series
= 140   Eritrea: 18  2007 Time series
= 143   Cambodia: 17  2007 Time series
= 143   Macedonia, Republic of: 17  2007 Time series
= 143   Jordan: 17  2007 Time series
= 146   Cyprus: 16  2007 Time series
= 146   Guinea: 16  2007 Time series
= 146   Bangladesh: 16  2007 Time series
= 149   Seychelles: 15  2007 Time series
= 149   Marshall Islands: 15  2007 Time series
= 151   Greenland: 14  2007 Time series
= 151   Slovenia: 14  2007 Time series
= 151   Haiti: 14  2007 Time series
# 154   Djibouti: 13  2007 Time series
= 155   Armenia: 12  2007 Time series
= 155   Ghana: 12  2007 Time series
= 157   Albania: 11  2007 Time series
= 157   French Guiana: 11  2006 Time series
= 159   Sierra Leone: 10  2007 Time series
= 159   Moldova: 10  2007 Time series
= 161   Togo: 9  2007 Time series
= 161   Guadeloupe: 9  2006 Time series
= 161   Rwanda: 9  2007 Time series
= 161   Western Sahara: 9  2007 Time series
= 161   Cook Islands: 9  2007 Time series
= 166   Burundi: 8  2007 Time series
= 166   East Timor: 8  2007 Time series
= 166   Cape Verde: 8  2007 Time series
= 166   Turks and Caicos Islands: 8  2007 Time series
= 166   Singapore: 8  2007 Time series
= 171   Lebanon: 7  2007 Time series
= 171   Kuwait: 7  2007 Time series
= 173   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 6  2007 Time series
= 173   Micronesia, Federated States of: 6  2007 Time series
= 173   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 6  2007 Time series
= 173   Tonga: 6  2007 Time series
= 173   Trinidad and Tobago: 6  2007 Time series
= 178   Maldives: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Montenegro: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Northern Mariana Islands: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Qatar: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Equatorial Guinea: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Benin: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Guam: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Netherlands Antilles: 5  2007 Time series
= 178   Mauritius: 5  2007 Time series
= 187   Comoros: 4  2007 Time series
= 187   French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 4  2006 Time series
= 187   Svalbard: 4  2007 Time series
= 187   Samoa: 4  2007 Time series
= 191   Spratly Islands: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   American Samoa: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   Grenada: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   Anguilla: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   British Virgin Islands: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   Bahrain: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   Midway Islands: 3  2004 Time series
= 191   Cayman Islands: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   Palau: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   West Bank: 3  2007 Time series
= 191   Antigua and Barbuda: 3  2007 Time series
= 202   Réunion: 2  2006 Time series
= 202   Hong Kong: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   São Tomé and Príncipe: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Martinique: 2  2006 Time series
= 202   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Dominica: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Luxembourg: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Guernsey: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Montserrat: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Gaza Strip: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Bhutan: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Saint Lucia: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Brunei: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Virgin Islands: 2  2007 Time series
= 202   Wallis and Futuna: 2  2007 Time series
= 218   Christmas Island: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Barbados: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Paracel Islands: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Bermuda: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Malta: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Wake Island: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Aruba: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Europa Island: 1  2004 Time series
= 218   Macau: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Faroe Islands: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Norfolk Island: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Gambia, The: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Tromelin Island: 1  2004 Time series
= 218   Gibraltar: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Juan de Nova Island: 1  2004 Time series
= 218   Glorioso Islands: 1  2004 Time series
= 218   Palmyra Atoll: 1  2004 Time series
= 218   Man, Isle of: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Mayotte: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   British Indian Ocean Territory: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Niue: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Jersey: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Nauru: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Jan Mayen: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Saint Helena: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Johnston Atoll: 1  2003 Time series
= 218   Tuvalu: 1  2007 Time series
= 218   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1  2007 Time series
= 246   Andorra: 0  2004 Time series
= 246   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0  2004 Time series
= 246   Liechtenstein: 0  2004 Time series
= 246   San Marino: 0  2004 Time series
= 246   Pitcairn Islands: 0  2004 Time series
= 246   Holy See (Vatican City): 0  2004 Time series
Total: 44,938  
Weighted average: 179.0  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 3,393  
Antarctica 26  



DEFINITION: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

Ian Graham
Staff Editor
21st February 2005

Of the 46,997 airports in the world, the top 25 nations have 36,542, while the bottom 25 have only 13. There are 12 countries without even one airport.

Five of the top ten nations are in South America, while Venezuela and Chile are 22nd and 23rd.

The United States has more airports than the rest of the top ten countries combined, which is good, because 8,534,500 airplanes departed from U.S. airports in 2001. That’s an average of more than 23,000 take-offs per day. This is well ahead of the second-place United Kingdom, which had 985,300 departures in 2001 (a daily average of 2,699).

Sierra Leone, at 155th, had only 100 departures. At this rate, it would take 230 years for it to equal the number of departures that occur daily in the United States.

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