TOP 100

Rank	Country	Airports
1	United States	13,513
2	Brazil	4,093
3	Mexico	1,714
4	Canada	1,467
5	Russia	1,218
6	Argentina	916
7	Bolivia	855
8	Colombia	836
9	Paraguay	799
10	Indonesia	673
11	Papua New Guinea	561
12	Germany	539
13	China	507
14	Chile	481
15	France	464
16	United Kingdom	460
17	Venezuela	444
18	Ecuador	432
19	Australia	418
20	South Africa	407
21	India	346
22	Iran	319
23	Guatemala	291
24	Philippines	247
25	Sweden	231
26	Saudi Arabia	214
27	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	198
28	Kenya	197
29	Zimbabwe	196
30	Peru	191
31	Ukraine	187
32	Japan	175
33	Tanzania	166
34	Costa Rica	161
35	Pakistan	151
36	Algeria	149
37	Finland	148
38	Nicaragua	147
39	Libya	146
40	Spain	135
41	Cuba	133
42	Uruguay	133
43	Oman	132
44	Italy	129
45	Czech Republic	128
46	Poland	126
47	New Zealand	123
48	Guyana	117
49	Panama	117
50	Malaysia	114
51	Namibia	112
52	Korea, South	111
53	Honduras	103
54	Angola	102
55	Iraq	102
56	Thailand	101
57	Mozambique	98
58	Turkey	98
59	Iceland	96
60	Kazakhstan	96
61	Norway	95
62	Syria	90
63	South Sudan	89
64	Zambia	88
65	Egypt	83
66	Madagascar	83
67	Korea, North	82
68	Denmark	80
69	Greece	77
70	Botswana	74
71	Croatia	69
72	El Salvador	68
73	Bulgaria	68
74	Sudan	67
75	Belarus	65
76	Burma	64
77	Portugal	64
78	Switzerland	63
79	Lithuania	61
80	Chad	59
81	Ethiopia	57
82	Yemen	57
83	Morocco	55
84	Suriname	55
85	French Polynesia	54
86	Bahamas, The	54
87	Nigeria	54
88	Uzbekistan	53
89	Somalia	52
90	Austria	50
91	Belize	47
92	Nepal	47
93	Uganda	47
94	Afghanistan	46
95	Romania	45
96	Vietnam	45
97	Gabon	44
98	Mongolia	44
99	United Arab Emirates	43
100	Israel	42

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) and 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, 2020