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: |
1,732 |
2007  |
|
|
# 2
|
Brazil: |
1,555 |
2007  |
|
|
# 3
|
Argentina: |
515 |
2007  |
|
|
# 4
|
Mexico: |
408 |
2007  |
|
|
# 5
|
Canada: |
356 |
2007  |
|
|
# 6
|
South Africa: |
300 |
2007  |
|
|
# 7
|
Paraguay: |
267 |
2007  |
|
|
# 8
|
Colombia: |
216 |
2007  |
|
|
# 9
|
Bolivia: |
183 |
2007  |
|
|
# 10
|
Zimbabwe: |
152 |
2007  |
|
|
# 11
|
Iran: |
145 |
2007  |
|
|
# 12
|
Kenya: |
113 |
2007  |
|
|
# 13
|
Australia: |
109 |
2007  |
|
|
# 14
|
Venezuela: |
97 |
2007  |
|
|
= 15
|
Angola: |
95 |
2007  |
|
|
= 15
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
95 |
2007  |
|
|
# 17
|
Russia: |
89 |
2007  |
|
|
# 18
|
Guatemala: |
82 |
2007  |
|
|
= 19
|
France: |
72 |
2007  |
|
|
= 19
|
Namibia: |
72 |
2007  |
|
|
# 21
|
Philippines: |
68 |
2007  |
|
|
# 22
|
Zambia: |
64 |
2007  |
|
|
# 23
|
Tanzania: |
63 |
2007  |
|
|
# 24
|
Papua New Guinea: |
58 |
2007  |
|
|
# 25
|
Botswana: |
54 |
2007  |
|
|
# 26
|
Chile: |
49 |
2007  |
|
|
# 27
|
Algeria: |
44 |
2007  |
|
|
= 28
|
Madagascar: |
41 |
2007  |
|
|
= 28
|
Libya: |
41 |
2007  |
|
|
= 30
|
India: |
40 |
2007  |
|
|
= 30
|
Peru: |
40 |
2007  |
|
|
# 32
|
Saudi Arabia: |
39 |
2007  |
|
|
# 33
|
Sudan: |
37 |
2007  |
|
|
# 34
|
Mozambique: |
36 |
2007  |
|
|
# 35
|
Oman: |
35 |
2007  |
|
|
= 36
|
Ecuador: |
34 |
2007  |
|
|
= 36
|
Germany: |
34 |
2007  |
|
|
# 38
|
New Zealand: |
31 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Ethiopia: |
29 |
2007  |
|
|
= 39
|
Somalia: |
29 |
2007  |
|
|
# 41
|
Iceland: |
28 |
2007  |
|
|
# 42
|
Indonesia: |
27 |
2007  |
|
|
# 43
|
Czech Republic: |
26 |
2007  |
|
|
# 44
|
Central African Republic: |
24 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
Cuba: |
23 |
2007  |
|
|
= 45
|
United Kingdom: |
23 |
2007  |
|
|
# 47
|
Chad: |
21 |
2007  |
|
|
# 48
|
Cameroon: |
20 |
2007  |
|
|
= 49
|
Uruguay: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
= 49
|
Costa Rica: |
19 |
2007  |
|
|
# 51
|
China: |
17 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Malawi: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
= 52
|
Nicaragua: |
16 |
2007  |
|
|
# 54
|
Honduras: |
15 |
2007  |
|
|
= 55
|
Spain: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 55
|
Burma: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 55
|
CĂ´te d'Ivoire: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 55
|
Guyana: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 55
|
Nigeria: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 55
|
Niger: |
14 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Yemen: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Gabon: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Iraq: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Pakistan: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Korea, North: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Ukraine: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 61
|
Poland: |
13 |
2007  |
|
|
= 68
|
Belize: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 68
|
Thailand: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 68
|
Romania: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 68
|
El Salvador: |
12 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Kiribati: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Hungary: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Italy: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Morocco: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Panama: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Syria: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Uganda: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Burkina Faso: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 72
|
Bahamas, The: |
11 |
2007  |
|
|
= 81
|
Marshall Islands: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 81
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
10 |
2007  |
|
|
= 83
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 83
|
Solomon Islands: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 83
|
Laos: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 83
|
Bulgaria: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 83
|
Cambodia: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 83
|
Uzbekistan: |
9 |
2003  |
|
|
= 83
|
French Polynesia: |
9 |
2007  |
|
|
= 91
|
Slovakia: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 91
|
Liberia: |
8 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Swaziland: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Fiji: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Tunisia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Croatia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Malaysia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Mali: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Sierra Leone: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Mauritania: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
Turkey: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 93
|
New Caledonia: |
7 |
2007  |
|
|
= 104
|
Vanuatu: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 104
|
Norway: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 104
|
Nepal: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 104
|
Sweden: |
6 |
2007  |
|
|
= 108
|
Suriname: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 108
|
Dominican Republic: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 108
|
Egypt: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 108
|
United Arab Emirates: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 108
|
Djibouti: |
5 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Kazakhstan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Finland: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Eritrea: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Afghanistan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Japan: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Burundi: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Lesotho: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Togo: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Senegal: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 113
|
Cook Islands: |
4 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Austria: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Netherlands: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Cape Verde: |
3 |
2002  |
|
|
= 124
|
Lithuania: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Denmark: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
East Timor: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Ireland: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Korea, South: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Ghana: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Macedonia, Republic of: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Greece: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Tonga: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Guinea: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Western Sahara: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 124
|
Vietnam: |
3 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Israel: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Maldives: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Belarus: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Lebanon: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Cyprus: |
2 |
2004  |
|
|
= 139
|
Seychelles: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
French Guiana: |
2 |
2006  |
|
|
= 139
|
Jamaica: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Georgia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Mauritius: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Greenland: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Rwanda: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Slovenia: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 139
|
Benin: |
2 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Estonia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Haiti: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Moldova: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Montenegro: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
1 |
2002  |
|
|
= 153
|
Spratly Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Qatar: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Europa Island: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 153
|
Turks and Caicos Islands: |
1 |
2002  |
|
|
= 153
|
Glorioso Islands: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 153
|
British Virgin Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Juan de Nova Island: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 153
|
Azerbaijan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Latvia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Albania: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Mongolia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Armenia: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Midway Islands: |
1 |
2005  |
|
|
= 153
|
Belgium: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Portugal: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Bhutan: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Puerto Rico: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Brunei: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Tajikistan: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 153
|
Sri Lanka: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Turkmenistan: |
1 |
2006  |
|
|
= 153
|
Cayman Islands: |
1 |
2007  |
|
|
= 153
|
Wallis and Futuna: |
1 |
2007  |
|
| |
Total: |
8,507 |
|
|
| |
Weighted average: |
46.7 |
|
|
Historical countries, unions or other regions: |
| Antarctica |
9 |
|
|
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