Country Comparison > Airports - with paved runways

Rank	Country	Airports - with paved runways
1	United States	5,146
2	Brazil	734
3	Russia	596
4	Canada	514
5	China	413
6	Germany	331
7	Australia	322
8	United Kingdom	312
9	France	295
10	India	251
11	Mexico	243
12	Ukraine	193
13	Indonesia	163
14	Argentina	154
15	Sweden	152
16	South Africa	146
17	Japan	144
18	Venezuela	131
19	Iran	130
20	Bulgaria	127
21	Colombia	107
22	Ecuador	102
23	Italy	101
24	Spain	96
25	Pakistan	95
26	Turkey	90
27	Philippines	85
28	Poland	84
29	Chile	80
30	Saudi Arabia	79
31	Iraq	75
32	Finland	75
33	Egypt	71
34	Korea, South	71
35	Cuba	70
36	Norway	67
37	Greece	66
38	Thailand	64
39	Kazakhstan	64
40	Libya	58
41	Algeria	57
42	Peru	56
43	Panama	54
44	French Polynesia	48
45	Czech Republic	45
46	Switzerland	43
47	Portugal	43
48	New Zealand	41
49	Nigeria	38
50	Costa Rica	37
51	Taiwan	37
52	Vietnam	37
53	Malaysia	36
54	Korea, North	36
55	Belarus	35
56	Uzbekistan	33
57	Burma	31
58	Morocco	31
59	Lithuania	31
60	Angola	30
61	Israel	30
62	Syria	28
63	Denmark	28
64	Azerbaijan	27
65	Belgium	27
66	Madagascar	27
67	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	26
68	Romania	25
69	Austria	25
70	Bahamas, The	23
71	Croatia	23
72	Mozambique	23
73	Turkmenistan	22
74	United Arab Emirates	22
75	Papua New Guinea	21
76	Netherlands	20
77	Latvia	20
78	Slovakia	20
79	Hungary	20
80	Namibia	20
81	Zimbabwe	20
82	Georgia	19
83	Dominican Republic	18
84	Tajikistan	18
85	Kyrgyzstan	18
86	Puerto Rico	17
87	Sudan	17
88	Ireland	17
89	Yemen	17
90	Ethiopia	16
91	Kenya	16
92	Bangladesh	16
93	Bolivia	16
94	Jordan	15
95	Sri Lanka	14
96	Afghanistan	14
97	Tunisia	14
98	Estonia	13
99	Paraguay	13
100	Mongolia	12
101	New Caledonia	12
102	Honduras	12
103	Jamaica	12
104	Gabon	12
105	Guatemala	12
106	Nicaragua	11
107	Nepal	11
108	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	10
109	Oman	10
110	Laos	10
111	Guyana	10
112	Armenia	10
113	Botswana	10
114	Cameroon	10
115	Greenland	10
116	Zambia	9
117	Uruguay	9
118	Cape Verde	9
119	Tanzania	9
120	Niger	9
121	Seychelles	9
122	Senegal	9
123	Singapore	8
124	Mauritania	8
125	Mali	8
126	Chad	8
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7
128	Cote d'Ivoire	7
129	Somalia	7
130	Ghana	7
131	Micronesia, Federated States of	6
132	Turks and Caicos Islands	6
133	Slovenia	6
134	Malawi	6
135	Iceland	6
136	Congo, Republic of the	6
137	Cambodia	6
138	Guinea	5
139	Suriname	5
140	Netherlands Antilles	5
141	Lebanon	5
142	Moldova	5
143	Uganda	5
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5
145	Equatorial Guinea	5
146	Eritrea	4
147	El Salvador	4
148	Guam	4
149	Kuwait	4
150	Marshall Islands	4
151	Rwanda	4
152	Haiti	4
153	Comoros	4
154	Kiribati	4
155	Belize	4
156	Bahrain	3
157	American Samoa	3
158	Albania	3
159	Northern Mariana Islands	3
160	Qatar	3
161	Lesotho	3
162	Maldives	3
163	Vanuatu	3
164	Montenegro	3
165	Grenada	3
166	Fiji	3
167	Djibouti	3
168	Western Sahara	3
169	Samoa	3
170	Trinidad and Tobago	3
171	Spratly Islands	3
172	West Bank	2
173	Guernsey	2
174	Togo	2
175	Sao Tome and Principe	2
176	Virgin Islands	2
177	British Virgin Islands	2
178	Burkina Faso	2
179	East Timor	2
180	Dominica	2
181	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2
182	Mauritius	2
183	Montserrat	2
184	Liberia	2
185	Guinea-Bissau	2
186	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
188	Saint Lucia	2
189	Cayman Islands	2
190	Hong Kong	2
191	Central African Republic	2
192	Antigua and Barbuda	2
193	Solomon Islands	2
194	Benin	1
195	Bermuda	1
196	Brunei	1
197	Burundi	1
198	Bhutan	1
199	Aruba	1
200	Barbados	1
201	Anguilla	1
202	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1
203	Christmas Island	1
204	British Indian Ocean Territory	1
205	Sierra Leone	1
206	Saint Helena	1
207	Palau	1
208	Nauru	1
209	Mayotte	1
210	Luxembourg	1
211	Macau	1
212	Malta	1
213	Niue	1
214	Norfolk Island	1
215	Faroe Islands	1
216	Gambia, The	1
217	Gibraltar	1
218	Cook Islands	1
219	Swaziland	1
220	Wallis and Futuna	1
221	Tonga	1
222	Svalbard	1
223	Gaza Strip	1
224	Man, Isle of	1
225	Jersey	1
226	Paracel Islands	1
227	Wake Island	1

Definition: This entry gives the total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt 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