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: |
191 |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
China: |
58 |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
Russia: |
51 |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Iran: |
40 |
2007  |
|
|
# 5
|
Saudi Arabia: |
32 |
2007  |
|
|
# 6
|
Libya: |
23 |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
Iraq: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
= 8
|
Canada: |
18 |
2007  |
|
|
= 8
|
India: |
18 |
2007  |
|
|
= 8
|
Spain: |
18 |
2007  |
|
|
# 11
|
Pakistan: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
= 12
|
Egypt: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 12
|
Turkey: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 14
|
Germany: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 14
|
France: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
# 16
|
Ukraine: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
# 17
|
Mexico: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 18
|
Morocco: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 18
|
Australia: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 20
|
Algeria: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 20
|
United Arab Emirates: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 20
|
South Africa: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 23
|
Vietnam: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 23
|
Kazakhstan: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 25
|
Thailand: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 25
|
Burma: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 25
|
Taiwan: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 25
|
United Kingdom: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Japan: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Cuba: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Italy: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Jordan: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 29
|
Brazil: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Belgium: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Uzbekistan: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Nigeria: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Syria: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 34
|
Peru: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Venezuela: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Chile: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Angola: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Greece: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Portugal: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Malaysia: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Oman: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Argentina: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Afghanistan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Bolivia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Philippines: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Kenya: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Yemen: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Poland: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Indonesia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Somalia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Ecuador: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Sweden: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Ethiopia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Namibia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Korea, South: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Tunisia: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Lithuania: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Puerto Rico: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Paraguay: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Switzerland: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Romania: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Uganda: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Zimbabwe: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Dominican Republic: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Cameroon: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Czech Republic: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
French Polynesia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Croatia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Denmark: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Israel: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Tajikistan: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Slovakia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
New Zealand: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Singapore: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Eritrea: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Azerbaijan: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Finland: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Armenia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Guam: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Bahrain: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Hungary: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Bahamas, The: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Korea, North: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Belarus: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Netherlands: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Bulgaria: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Qatar: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Chad: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Sudan: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Tanzania: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 70
|
Colombia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Lesotho: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Austria: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Mauritius: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Barbados: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Bangladesh: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Macau: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Brunei: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
New Caledonia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Burundi: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Senegal: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Sri Lanka: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Virgin Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Cape Verde: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Madagascar: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Djibouti: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Mongolia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Ireland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Maldives: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Estonia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Nepal: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
El Salvador: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
French Guiana: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 99
|
Slovenia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Fiji: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Burkina Faso: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Gambia, The: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
American Samoa: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Gabon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Luxembourg: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Georgia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Martinique: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 99
|
Ghana: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Moldova: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Greenland: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 99
|
Malawi: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Guadeloupe: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 99
|
Malta: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Guinea: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Mozambique: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Gaza Strip: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Norway: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Hong Kong: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Suriname: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Iceland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Panama: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
British Indian Ocean Territory: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Rwanda: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Côte d'Ivoire: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Saint Helena: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Sierra Leone: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Kuwait: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Turkmenistan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Lebanon: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Uruguay: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Liberia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 99
|
Zambia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
| |
Total: |
969 |
|
|
| |
Weighted average: |
6.1 |
|
|
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