SOURCE
All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
Total number of
airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
Date
|
|
# 1
|
United States: |
153 |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
Brazil: |
83 |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
Saudi Arabia: |
73 |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Russia: |
69 |
2007  |
|
|
# 5
|
Canada: |
68 |
2007  |
|
|
# 6
|
Mexico: |
63 |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
Bolivia: |
57 |
2007  |
|
|
# 8
|
Oman: |
51 |
2007  |
|
|
# 9
|
Argentina: |
44 |
2007  |
|
|
= 10
|
Colombia: |
34 |
2007  |
|
|
= 10
|
South Africa: |
34 |
2007  |
|
|
# 12
|
Angola: |
30 |
2007  |
|
|
= 13
|
Algeria: |
26 |
2007  |
|
|
= 13
|
Paraguay: |
26 |
2007  |
|
|
# 15
|
Peru: |
24 |
2007  |
|
|
# 16
|
Mongolia: |
23 |
2007  |
|
|
# 17
|
Namibia: |
22 |
2007  |
|
|
= 18
|
Sudan: |
20 |
2007  |
|
|
= 18
|
Somalia: |
20 |
2007  |
|
|
= 20
|
Australia: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
= 20
|
Korea, North: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
= 22
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
17 |
2007  |
|
|
= 22
|
Tanzania: |
17 |
2007  |
|
|
= 24
|
Pakistan: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
= 24
|
Afghanistan: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
= 24
|
Chad: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
= 27
|
Libya: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 27
|
Venezuela: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
# 29
|
Burma: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
# 30
|
China: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 31
|
Chile: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 31
|
Kenya: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 33
|
Ethiopia: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 33
|
Ukraine: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 35
|
Central African Republic: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 35
|
Papua New Guinea: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 35
|
Iran: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Morocco: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Mauritania: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 38
|
Mozambique: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
# 41
|
Côte d'Ivoire: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 42
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 42
|
Gabon: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 42
|
India: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Cameroon: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Kazakhstan: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Uganda: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Guinea: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Guatemala: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Senegal: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Eritrea: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Yemen: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Bahamas, The: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Indonesia: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Mali: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Liberia: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Philippines: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Iraq: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Zambia: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Poland: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
United Arab Emirates: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
Zimbabwe: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 57
|
France: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Uruguay: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Hungary: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Dominican Republic: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Germany: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Egypt: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Iceland: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Botswana: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
Burkina Faso: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 64
|
New Zealand: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Turkmenistan: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Bulgaria: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Slovenia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Cook Islands: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Palau: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Djibouti: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Tunisia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Estonia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Uzbekistan: |
2 |
2005  |
|
|
= 73
|
Honduras: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Romania: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Madagascar: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Spain: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Moldova: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Turkey: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Niger: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
United Kingdom: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 73
|
Albania: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Italy: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Switzerland: |
1 |
2002  |
|
|
= 92
|
Jan Mayen: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Croatia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Kiribati: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 92
|
Tuvalu: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Laos: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Greenland: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Lithuania: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 92
|
Puerto Rico: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Malawi: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Tajikistan: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 92
|
Czech Republic: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Vietnam: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Nigeria: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Suriname: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 92
|
Georgia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Panama: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Guyana: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Azerbaijan: |
1 |
2003  |
|
|
= 92
|
Israel: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Armenia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Japan: |
1 |
2003  |
|
|
= 92
|
Austria: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Kuwait: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Bahrain: |
1 |
2004  |
|
|
= 92
|
Latvia: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 92
|
Bangladesh: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Palmyra Atoll: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 92
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Malaysia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Benin: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Nepal: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Belarus: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Nicaragua: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Solomon Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Cambodia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Syria: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Cuba: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Thailand: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Cyprus: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Tonga: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Denmark: |
1 |
2002  |
|
|
= 92
|
Taiwan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
El Salvador: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 92
|
Western Sahara: |
1 |
2007  |
|
| |
Total: |
1,437 |
|
|
| |
Weighted average: |
10.3 |
|
|
Historical countries, unions or other regions: |
| Antarctica |
1 |
|
|
DEFINITION: Total number of
airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008