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: |
2,323 |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
Brazil: |
467 |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
Canada: |
248 |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Australia: |
143 |
2007  |
|
|
# 5
|
Russia: |
102 |
2007  |
|
|
# 6
|
India: |
84 |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
France: |
80 |
2007  |
|
|
# 8
|
United Kingdom: |
79 |
2007  |
|
|
# 9
|
Mexico: |
77 |
2007  |
|
|
# 10
|
Germany: |
72 |
2007  |
|
|
# 11
|
South Africa: |
67 |
2007  |
|
|
# 12
|
Venezuela: |
61 |
2007  |
|
|
# 13
|
Argentina: |
50 |
2007  |
|
|
# 14
|
Indonesia: |
49 |
2007  |
|
|
# 15
|
Colombia: |
42 |
2007  |
|
|
# 16
|
Philippines: |
36 |
2007  |
|
|
# 17
|
Italy: |
34 |
2007  |
|
|
# 18
|
Iran: |
32 |
2007  |
|
|
# 19
|
Japan: |
28 |
2007  |
|
|
# 20
|
French Polynesia: |
27 |
2007  |
|
|
= 21
|
New Zealand: |
26 |
2007  |
|
|
= 21
|
Ecuador: |
26 |
2007  |
|
|
= 23
|
Chile: |
25 |
2007  |
|
|
= 23
|
Spain: |
25 |
2007  |
|
|
# 25
|
Sweden: |
24 |
2007  |
|
|
# 26
|
Finland: |
22 |
2007  |
|
|
# 27
|
Costa Rica: |
21 |
2007  |
|
|
# 28
|
China: |
20 |
2007  |
|
|
# 29
|
Turkey: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
= 30
|
Pakistan: |
18 |
2007  |
|
|
= 30
|
Panama: |
18 |
2007  |
|
|
= 32
|
Thailand: |
17 |
2007  |
|
|
= 32
|
Madagascar: |
17 |
2007  |
|
|
= 32
|
Greece: |
17 |
2007  |
|
|
= 35
|
Norway: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 35
|
Portugal: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
# 37
|
Denmark: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Peru: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Korea, South: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 40
|
Israel: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 40
|
Vietnam: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 40
|
Zimbabwe: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
# 43
|
New Caledonia: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 44
|
Malaysia: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 44
|
Nepal: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 46
|
Puerto Rico: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 46
|
Sri Lanka: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 46
|
Taiwan: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 46
|
Poland: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 46
|
Switzerland: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 46
|
Bahamas, The: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Nigeria: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Libya: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Seychelles: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Iraq: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 56
|
Paraguay: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 56
|
Cuba: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 56
|
Kenya: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 56
|
Angola: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 56
|
Ukraine: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 56
|
Uzbekistan: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Croatia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Papua New Guinea: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Guatemala: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Malawi: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Ireland: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Honduras: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Georgia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Hungary: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Algeria: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Kazakhstan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Azerbaijan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Netherlands: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Cape Verde: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
United Arab Emirates: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 62
|
Jamaica: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Austria: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Nicaragua: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Bolivia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Slovakia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Comoros: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Tajikistan: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Cyprus: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Laos: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Namibia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Mozambique: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Estonia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Syria: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Haiti: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Tunisia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 78
|
Dominican Republic: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Saudi Arabia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Guadeloupe: |
2 |
2006  |
|
|
= 93
|
Botswana: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Cambodia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Lithuania: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Turkmenistan: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Dominica: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Ghana: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
El Salvador: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Latvia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Czech Republic: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Rwanda: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
French Guiana: |
2 |
2006  |
|
|
= 93
|
Slovenia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Uruguay: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Zambia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Armenia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Iceland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Svalbard: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 113
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
1 |
2002  |
|
|
= 113
|
Guam: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Faroe Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Tanzania: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Lebanon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Mali: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 113
|
Guernsey: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Mauritius: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Senegal: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Maldives: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
British Virgin Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Marshall Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Gabon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Greenland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Afghanistan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Hong Kong: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 113
|
American Samoa: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Jordan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Anguilla: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 113
|
Korea, North: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Belgium: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Lesotho: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Bangladesh: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Morocco: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Belize: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Oman: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1 |
2003  |
|
|
= 113
|
Vanuatu: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Burma: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Spratly Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Belarus: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Réunion: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 113
|
Solomon Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Romania: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Bulgaria: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Cameroon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Singapore: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Ethiopia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
East Timor: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 113
|
Fiji: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Uganda: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Yemen: |
1 |
2007  |
|
| |
Total: |
4,808 |
|
|
| |
Weighted average: |
29.3 |
|
|
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