SOURCE
All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
Number of
airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
Date
|
|
# 1
|
United States: |
224 |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
Russia: |
197 |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
China: |
128 |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Ukraine: |
53 |
2007  |
|
|
= 5
|
India: |
52 |
2007  |
|
|
= 5
|
Germany: |
52 |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
Japan: |
41 |
2007  |
|
|
# 8
|
Iraq: |
37 |
2007  |
|
|
# 9
|
Egypt: |
36 |
2007  |
|
|
= 10
|
Turkey: |
33 |
2007  |
|
|
= 10
|
United Kingdom: |
33 |
2007  |
|
|
# 12
|
Italy: |
32 |
2007  |
|
|
# 13
|
Poland: |
30 |
2007  |
|
|
# 14
|
Mexico: |
29 |
2007  |
|
|
# 15
|
Iran: |
28 |
2007  |
|
|
= 16
|
Algeria: |
27 |
2007  |
|
|
= 16
|
Kazakhstan: |
27 |
2007  |
|
|
= 16
|
France: |
27 |
2007  |
|
|
= 16
|
Finland: |
27 |
2007  |
|
|
# 20
|
Argentina: |
26 |
2007  |
|
|
# 21
|
Brazil: |
25 |
2007  |
|
|
= 22
|
Korea, North: |
22 |
2007  |
|
|
= 22
|
Belarus: |
22 |
2007  |
|
|
# 24
|
Korea, South: |
21 |
2007  |
|
|
# 25
|
Peru: |
20 |
2007  |
|
|
# 26
|
Pakistan: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
# 27
|
Bulgaria: |
18 |
2007  |
|
|
# 28
|
Canada: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Saudi Arabia: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Greece: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Indonesia: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Syria: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
# 33
|
Uzbekistan: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Nigeria: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Norway: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Sweden: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Australia: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Turkmenistan: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Thailand: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Spain: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 41
|
Venezuela: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 41
|
Czech Republic: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 41
|
Mongolia: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 41
|
Burma: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Netherlands: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Romania: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Malaysia: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Portugal: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Sudan: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Taiwan: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Cuba: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Hungary: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Yemen: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Angola: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Colombia: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Philippines: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Chile: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 58
|
Estonia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 58
|
Cyprus: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 58
|
Belgium: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 58
|
Denmark: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 58
|
Georgia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 58
|
Latvia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Libya: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Croatia: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Jordan: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Morocco: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Tunisia: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Azerbaijan: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Ethiopia: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Vietnam: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Israel: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Austria: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
South Africa: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Dominican Republic: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Bangladesh: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Bolivia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Mali: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Cameroon: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Tajikistan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 75
|
Switzerland: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Mauritania: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Bahamas, The: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
United Arab Emirates: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Chad: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Niger: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Ecuador: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Guatemala: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Mozambique: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Honduras: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Nicaragua: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Western Sahara: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 84
|
Albania: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Eritrea: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Montenegro: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Kuwait: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Papua New Guinea: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Côte d'Ivoire: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Togo: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Madagascar: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Namibia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Greenland: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Lebanon: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Jamaica: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Costa Rica: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Laos: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Afghanistan: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Slovakia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Armenia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Moldova: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Botswana: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Macedonia, Republic of: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Cambodia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Somalia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Tanzania: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Northern Mariana Islands: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Zambia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 97
|
Zimbabwe: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Saint Lucia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Vanuatu: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Samoa: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
American Samoa: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 123
|
Réunion: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 123
|
Bermuda: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Burkina Faso: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Oman: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Comoros: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
New Zealand: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Central African Republic: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Slovenia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Djibouti: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Tonga: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Ireland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
West Bank: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Lithuania: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Maldives: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Gabon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Ghana: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 123
|
Panama: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Grenada: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Seychelles: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Guam: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Singapore: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Guinea: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Haiti: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
East Timor: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Johnston Atoll: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 123
|
Uruguay: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 123
|
Kenya: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Wake Island: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Aruba: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 123
|
Swaziland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
| |
Total: |
1,877 |
|
|
| |
Weighted average: |
11.6 |
|
|
DEFINITION: Number of
airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008