Country Comparison > Airports - with unpaved runways

Rank	Country	Airports - with unpaved runways
1	United States	9,805
2	Brazil	3,442
3	Mexico	1,605
4	Argentina	996
5	Bolivia	993
6	Colombia	884
7	Canada	855
8	Paraguay	784
9	Russia	636
10	Papua New Guinea	536
11	Indonesia	506
12	South Africa	490
13	Guatemala	362
14	Ecuador	316
15	Chile	277
16	Venezuela	271
17	Ukraine	241
18	Germany	218
19	Zimbabwe	207
20	United Kingdom	198
21	Iran	187
22	Angola	181
23	France	180
24	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	174
25	Philippines	169
26	Kenya	164
27	Peru	146
28	Australia	140
29	Saudi Arabia	136
30	Nicaragua	133
31	Oman	120
32	Tanzania	115
33	Namibia	112
34	Costa Rica	112
35	Sweden	97
36	Honduras	96
37	India	94
38	Iceland	93
39	Sudan	92
40	Zambia	92
41	Mozambique	88
42	Guyana	86
43	Algeria	85
44	Libya	82
45	Malaysia	80
46	New Zealand	80
47	Bulgaria	77
48	Cuba	77
49	Czech Republic	77
50	Finland	73
51	Syria	73
52	Botswana	67
53	China	64
54	Denmark	64
55	Panama	63
56	Madagascar	63
57	El Salvador	61
58	Spain	58
59	Lithuania	56
60	Burma	53
61	Somalia	52
62	Liberia	50
63	Pakistan	48
64	Ethiopia	47
65	Uruguay	47
66	Suriname	45
67	Croatia	45
68	Chad	45
69	Central African Republic	42
70	Korea, South	42
71	Korea, North	42
72	Poland	42
73	Thailand	40
74	Belize	40
75	Bahamas, The	39
76	Yemen	37
77	Afghanistan	36
78	Nepal	36
79	Solomon Islands	33
80	Laos	32
81	Mongolia	32
82	Norway	31
83	Kazakhstan	31
84	Italy	31
85	Japan	31
86	Iraq	30
87	Belarus	30
88	Austria	30
89	Morocco	29
90	Malawi	28
91	Vanuatu	28
92	Romania	28
93	Uganda	28
94	Gabon	27
95	Hungary	26
96	Antarctica	25
97	Lesotho	25
98	Fiji	25
99	Burkina Faso	24
100	Cameroon	24
101	Cote d'Ivoire	24
102	Latvia	23
103	Switzerland	23
104	Nigeria	22
105	Portugal	22
106	Uzbekistan	21
107	Ireland	20
108	Dominica	18
109	Dominican Republic	18
110	Niger	18
111	Mali	18
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18
113	Congo, Republic of the	18
114	Israel	17
115	United Arab Emirates	17
116	Tunisia	16
117	Mauritania	16
118	Jamaica	15
119	Kiribati	15
120	Slovakia	15
121	Belgium	15
122	Swaziland	15
123	Greece	15
124	Egypt	14
125	New Caledonia	13
126	Turkey	13
127	Puerto Rico	12
128	Kyrgyzstan	12
129	Guinea	12
130	Cambodia	11
131	Marshall Islands	11
132	Haiti	10
133	Djibouti	10
134	Eritrea	10
135	Sierra Leone	9
136	Senegal	8
137	Slovenia	8
138	Tajikistan	8
139	Azerbaijan	8
140	Cook Islands	8
141	Vietnam	7
142	French Polynesia	7
143	Burundi	7
144	Guinea-Bissau	7
145	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	7
146	Netherlands	7
147	Moldova	6
148	Seychelles	6
149	Turkmenistan	6
150	Togo	6
151	Western Sahara	6
152	Estonia	6
153	Greenland	5
154	Tonga	5
155	Rwanda	5
156	Albania	5
157	Sri Lanka	4
158	Benin	4
159	East Timor	4
160	Taiwan	4
161	Georgia	4
162	Ghana	4
163	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	4
164	Svalbard	3
165	Trinidad and Tobago	3
166	Mauritius	3
167	Kuwait	3
168	Lebanon	2
169	Jordan	2
170	Northern Mariana Islands	2
171	Anguilla	2
172	Maldives	2
173	Palau	2
174	Turks and Caicos Islands	2
175	Qatar	2
176	British Virgin Islands	2
177	Montenegro	2
178	Guam	1
179	Gaza Strip	1
180	Jan Mayen	1
181	Spratly Islands	1
182	Wallis and Futuna	1
183	Samoa	1
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
185	Tuvalu	1
186	Luxembourg	1
187	Armenia	1
188	Bangladesh	1
189	Antigua and Barbuda	1
190	Bhutan	1
191	Brunei	1
192	Cayman Islands	1

Definition: This entry gives the total number of airports with unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) by length. For airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included according to the following five groups - (1) over 3,047 m, (2) 2,438 to 3,047 m, (3) 1,524 to 2,437 m, (4) 914 to 1,523 m, and (5) under 914 m. Only airports with usable runways are included in this listing. Not all airports have facilities 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