Country Comparison > Airports

Rank	Country	Airports
1	United States	14,951
2	Brazil	4,176
3	Mexico	1,848
4	Canada	1,369
5	Russia	1,232
6	Argentina	1,150
7	Bolivia	1,009
8	Colombia	991
9	Paraguay	797
10	Indonesia	669
11	South Africa	636
12	Papua New Guinea	557
13	Germany	549
14	United Kingdom	510
15	China	477
16	France	475
17	Australia	462
18	Ukraine	434
19	Ecuador	418
20	Venezuela	402
21	Guatemala	374
22	Chile	357
23	India	345
24	Iran	317
25	Philippines	254
26	Sweden	249
27	Zimbabwe	227
28	Saudi Arabia	215
29	Angola	211
30	Bulgaria	204
31	Peru	202
32	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	200
33	Kenya	180
34	Japan	175
35	Spain	154
36	Costa Rica	149
37	Finland	148
38	Cuba	147
39	Nicaragua	144
40	Pakistan	143
41	Algeria	142
42	Libya	140
43	Italy	132
44	Namibia	132
45	Oman	130
46	Poland	126
47	Tanzania	124
48	Czech Republic	122
49	New Zealand	121
50	Panama	117
51	Malaysia	116
52	Korea, South	113
53	Mozambique	111
54	Sudan	109
55	Honduras	108
56	Iraq	105
57	Thailand	104
58	Turkey	103
59	Zambia	101
60	Syria	101
61	Iceland	99
62	Norway	98
63	Guyana	96
64	Kazakhstan	95
65	Denmark	92
66	Madagascar	90
67	Lithuania	87
68	Egypt	85
69	Burma	84
70	Greece	81
71	Korea, North	78
72	Botswana	77
73	Croatia	68
74	Switzerland	66
75	Portugal	65
76	Belarus	65
77	El Salvador	65
78	Ethiopia	63
79	Bahamas, The	62
80	Nigeria	60
81	Morocco	60
82	Somalia	59
83	Uruguay	56
84	French Polynesia	55
85	Austria	55
86	Yemen	54
87	Uzbekistan	54
88	Chad	53
89	Romania	53
90	Liberia	52
91	Suriname	50
92	Afghanistan	50
93	Israel	47
94	Nepal	47
95	Hungary	46
96	Central African Republic	44
97	Belize	44
98	Mongolia	44
99	Vietnam	44
100	Latvia	43
101	Laos	42
102	Belgium	42
103	Taiwan	41
104	Gabon	39
105	United Arab Emirates	39
106	Ireland	37
107	Dominican Republic	36
108	Slovakia	35
109	Solomon Islands	35
110	Azerbaijan	35
111	Malawi	34
112	Cameroon	34
113	Uganda	33
114	Vanuatu	31
115	Cote d'Ivoire	31
116	Kyrgyzstan	30
117	Tunisia	30
118	Puerto Rico	29
119	Lesotho	28
120	Turkmenistan	28
121	Fiji	28
122	Netherlands	27
123	Niger	27
124	Jamaica	27
125	Mali	26
126	Tajikistan	26
127	Burkina Faso	26
128	New Caledonia	25
129	Antarctica	25
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25
131	Congo, Republic of the	24
132	Mauritania	24
133	Georgia	23
134	Estonia	19
135	Kiribati	19
136	Sri Lanka	18
137	Guinea	17
138	Jordan	17
139	Bangladesh	17
140	Cambodia	17
141	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	17
142	Senegal	17
143	Swaziland	16
144	Greenland	15
145	Seychelles	15
146	Marshall Islands	15
147	Slovenia	14
148	Haiti	14
149	Eritrea	14
150	Djibouti	13
151	Ghana	11
152	Armenia	11
153	Moldova	11
154	Sierra Leone	10
155	Cape Verde	10
156	Cook Islands	9
157	Western Sahara	9
158	Rwanda	9
159	Guinea-Bissau	9
160	Singapore	8
161	Albania	8
162	Burundi	8
163	Turks and Caicos Islands	8
164	Togo	8
165	Lebanon	7
166	Kuwait	7
167	Trinidad and Tobago	6
168	Tonga	6
169	East Timor	6
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6
171	Equatorial Guinea	6
172	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	6
173	Micronesia, Federated States of	6
174	Guam	5
175	Montenegro	5
176	Qatar	5
177	Netherlands Antilles	5
178	Mauritius	5
179	Maldives	5
180	Benin	5
181	Northern Mariana Islands	5
182	Comoros	4
183	Spratly Islands	4
184	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	4
185	British Virgin Islands	4
186	Samoa	4
187	Svalbard	4
188	Grenada	3
189	Cayman Islands	3
190	Antigua and Barbuda	3
191	American Samoa	3
192	Bahrain	3
193	Anguilla	3
194	Palau	3
195	Saint Lucia	2
196	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2
197	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
198	Luxembourg	2
199	Montserrat	2
200	Brunei	2
201	Bhutan	2
202	Hong Kong	2
203	Dominica	2
204	Sao Tome and Principe	2
205	Virgin Islands	2
206	Wallis and Futuna	2
207	West Bank	2
208	Guernsey	2
209	Gaza Strip	1
210	Man, Isle of	1
211	Jersey	1
212	Jan Mayen	1
213	Paracel Islands	1
214	Wake Island	1
215	Tuvalu	1
216	Gibraltar	1
217	Gambia, The	1
218	Faroe Islands	1
219	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1
220	Christmas Island	1
221	British Indian Ocean Territory	1
222	Barbados	1
223	Bermuda	1
224	Aruba	1
225	Mayotte	1
226	Macau	1
227	Nauru	1
228	Malta	1
229	Niue	1
230	Norfolk Island	1
231	Saint Helena	1

Definition: This entry gives the total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, earth, sand, or gravel surfaces) but may include closed or abandoned installations. Airports or airfields that are no longer recognizable (overgrown, no facilities, etc.) are not included. Note that not all airports have accommodations for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009