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Rank	Country	Airports - with unpaved runways
1	United States	9,885
2	Brazil	3,392
3	Mexico	1,475
4	Argentina	990
5	Canada	931
6	Bolivia	844
7	Paraguay	785
8	Colombia	741
9	Russia	625
10	Papua New Guinea	542
11	Indonesia	491
12	South Africa	422
13	Chile	388
14	Venezuela	364
15	Ecuador	330
16	Guatemala	276
17	Ukraine	233
18	Germany	219
19	United Kingdom	190
20	Iran	188
21	Zimbabwe	185
22	Kenya	179
23	France	176
24	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	175
25	Philippines	164
26	Angola	146
27	Saudi Arabia	136
28	Australia	134
29	Peru	133
30	Nicaragua	132
31	Oman	118
32	Costa Rica	112
33	India	101
34	Tanzania	95
35	Namibia	93
36	Iceland	93
37	Honduras	91
38	Guyana	87
39	Czech Republic	87
40	New Zealand	83
41	Uruguay	83
42	Algeria	82
43	Sweden	81
44	Zambia	80
45	Libya	80
46	Mozambique	79
47	Malaysia	78
48	Bulgaria	78
49	Finland	73
50	Cuba	71
51	Syria	70
52	Botswana	66
53	Panama	63
54	Denmark	61
55	El Salvador	60
56	Sudan	57
57	Madagascar	56
58	Lithuania	55
59	Somalia	55
60	Spain	54
61	Chad	49
62	China	45
63	Croatia	45
64	Pakistan	44
65	Korea, South	43
66	Korea, North	42
67	Suriname	42
68	Ethiopia	41
69	Uganda	41
70	Yemen	40
71	Thailand	40
72	Bahamas, The	39
73	Poland	39
74	Burma	38
75	Central African Republic	38
76	Belize	37
77	Nepal	36
78	Solomon Islands	35
79	Kazakhstan	33
80	Laos	33
81	Japan	32
82	Italy	31
83	Norway	31
84	Belarus	31
85	Gabon	31
86	Afghanistan	29
87	Mongolia	29
88	Iraq	29
89	Vanuatu	28
90	Austria	28
91	Liberia	27
92	Romania	27
93	Morocco	25
94	Malawi	24
95	Fiji	24
96	Ireland	23
97	Cameroon	23
98	Antarctica	23
99	Latvia	23
100	Switzerland	23
101	Burkina Faso	22
102	Portugal	22
103	Lesotho	21
104	Hungary	21
105	Cote d'Ivoire	20
106	Niger	20
107	Dominica	20
108	Dominican Republic	20
109	Uzbekistan	20
110	Serbia	19
111	Congo, Republic of the	18
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18
113	Mauritania	18
114	Israel	18
115	Slovakia	18
116	United Arab Emirates	17
117	Belgium	16
118	Jamaica	15
119	Kiribati	15
120	Greece	15
121	Tunisia	14
122	Swaziland	13
123	Mali	13
124	Nigeria	13
125	New Caledonia	13
126	Guinea	12
127	Egypt	12
128	Puerto Rico	12
129	Marshall Islands	11
130	Senegal	11
131	Djibouti	10
132	Cook Islands	10
133	Cambodia	10
134	Haiti	10
135	Kyrgyzstan	10
136	Eritrea	9
137	Slovenia	9
138	Turkey	9
139	Tajikistan	7
140	Sierra Leone	7
141	Seychelles	7
142	Vietnam	7
143	French Polynesia	7
144	Azerbaijan	7
145	Netherlands	7
146	Burundi	6
147	Togo	6
148	Guinea-Bissau	6
149	Tonga	5
150	Turkmenistan	5
151	Estonia	5
152	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	5
153	Moldova	5
154	Greenland	5
155	Kosovo	4
156	Macedonia	4
157	Georgia	4
158	Sri Lanka	4
159	Benin	4
160	East Timor	4
161	Trinidad and Tobago	3
162	Svalbard	3
163	Rwanda	3
164	Taiwan	3
165	Western Sahara	3
166	Samoa	3
167	Ghana	3
168	Mauritius	3
169	Kuwait	3
170	Jordan	2
171	Lebanon	2
172	Maldives	2
173	Northern Mariana Islands	2
174	Anguilla	2
175	Bangladesh	2
176	British Virgin Islands	2
177	Qatar	2
178	Palau	2
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	2
180	Tuvalu	1
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
182	Antigua and Barbuda	1
183	Albania	1
184	Armenia	1
185	Bhutan	1
186	Cayman Islands	1
187	Cape Verde	1
188	Equatorial Guinea	1
189	Montenegro	1
190	Luxembourg	1
191	Spratly Islands	1
192	Jan Mayen	1
193	Guam	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, 2012

See also: Airports - with unpaved runways map

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