World Fact Book 2004 - Airports
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Country
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Airports
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| Afghanistan | 47 (2003 est.) |
| Albania | 11 (2003 est.) |
| Algeria | 137 (2003 est.) |
| American Samoa | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Andorra | none |
| Angola | 244 (2003 est.) |
| Anguilla | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Antarctica | there are no developed public access airports or landing facilities; 30 stations, operated by 16 national governments party to the Antarctic Treaty, have restricted aircraft landing facilities for either helicopters and/or fixed-wing aircraft; commercial enterprises operate two additional aircraft landing facilities; helicopter pads are available at 27 stations; runways at 15 locations are gravel, sea-ice, blue-ice, or compacted snow suitable for landing wheeled, fixed-wing aircraft; of these, 1 is greater than 3 km in length, 6 are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 3 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 3 are less than 1 km in length, and 2 are of unknown length; snow surface skiways, limited to use by ski-equipped, fixed-wing aircraft, are available at another 15 locations; of these, 4 are greater than 3 km in length, 3 are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 2 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 2 are less than 1 km in length, and 4 are of unknown length; aircraft landing facilities generally subject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting from extreme seasonal and geographic conditions; aircraft landing facilities do not meet ICAO standards; advance approval from the respective governmental or nongovernmental operating organization required for landing; landed aircraft are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty (2003 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Argentina | 1,335 (2003 est.) |
| Armenia | 17 (2003 est.) |
| Aruba | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Australia | 444 (2003 est.) |
| Austria | 55 (2003 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 67 (2003 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 63 (2003 est.) |
| Bahrain | 4 (2003 est.) |
| Baker Island | 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable (2003 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 16 (2003 est.) |
| Barbados | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Belarus | 135 (2003 est.) |
| Belgium | 42 (2003 est.) |
| Belize | 43 (2003 est.) |
| Benin | 5 (2003 est.) |
| Bermuda | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Bhutan | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Bolivia | 1,067 (2003 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 (2003 est.) |
| Botswana | 85 (2003 est.) |
| Brazil | 3,803 (2003 est.) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 (2003 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Brunei | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 212 (2003 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 33 (2003 est.) |
| Burma | 79 (2003 est.) |
| Burundi | 8 (2003 est.) |
| Cambodia | 20 (2003 est.) |
| Cameroon | 47 (2003 est.) |
| Canada | 1,357 (2003 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
7
note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2003 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Central African Republic | 50 (2003 est.) |
| Chad | 50 (2003 est.) |
| Chile | 363 (2003 est.) |
| China | 507 (2003 est.) |
| Christmas Island | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Colombia | 980 (2003 est.) |
| Comoros | 4 (2003 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 230 (2003 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 32 (2003 est.) |
| Cook Islands | 9 (2003 est.) |
| Costa Rica | 149 (2003 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 37 (2003 est.) |
| Croatia | 68 (2003 est.) |
| Cuba | 170 (2003 est.) |
| Cyprus | 17 (2003 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 120 (2003 est.) |
| Denmark | 99 (2003 est.) |
| Djibouti | 13 (2003 est.) |
| Dominica | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 31 (2003 est.) |
| East Timor | 8 (2003 est.) |
| Ecuador | 205 (2003 est.) |
| Egypt | 89 (2003 est.) |
| El Salvador | 73 (2003 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Eritrea | 18 (2003 est.) |
| Estonia | 29 (2003 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 82 (2003 est.) |
| Europa Island | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 5 (2003 est.) |
| Faroe Islands | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Fiji | 28 (2003 est.) |
| Finland | 148 (2003 est.) |
| France | 477 (2003 est.) |
| French Guiana | 11 (2003 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 49 (2003 est.) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | none |
| Gabon | 56 (2003 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
2 (2001)
note: includes Gaza International Airport (GIA), inaugurated on 24 November 1998 as part of agreements stipulated in the September 1995 Oslo II Accord and the 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum; GIA has been largely closed since October 2000 by Israeli orders and its runway was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001 (2003 est.) |
| Georgia | 31 (2003 est.) |
| Germany | 550 (2003 est.) |
| Ghana | 12 (2003 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Glorioso Islands | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Greece | 79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2003 est.) |
| Greenland | 14 (2003 est.) |
| Grenada | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Guadeloupe | 9 (2003 est.) |
| Guam | 5 (2003 est.) |
| Guatemala | 452 (2003 est.) |
| Guernsey | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Guinea | 16 (2003 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 28 (2003 est.) |
| Guyana | 49 (2003 est.) |
| Haiti | 12 (2003 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | none (2003 est.) |
| Honduras | 115 (2003 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 4 (2003 est.) |
| Howland Island | airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable (2003 est.) |
| Hungary | 43 (2003 est.) |
| Iceland | 100 (2003 est.) |
| India | 333 (2003 est.) |
| Indonesia | 661 (2003 est.) |
| Iran | 303 (2003 est.) |
| Iraq | 111; note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war (2003 est.) |
| Ireland | 36 (2003 est.) |
| Israel | 51 (2003 est.) |
| Italy | 134 (2003 est.) |
| Jamaica | 35 (2003 est.) |
| Jan Mayen | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Japan | 174 (2003 est.) |
| Jersey | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Johnston Atoll | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Jordan | 17 (2003 est.) |
| Juan de Nova Island | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 392 (2003 est.) |
| Kenya | 221 (2003 est.) |
| Kingman Reef | lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938 (2003 est.) |
| Kiribati | 20 (2003 est.) |
| Korea, North | 78 (2003 est.) |
| Korea, South | 102 (2003 est.) |
| Kuwait | 7 (2003 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 61 (2003 est.) |
| Laos | 46 (2003 est.) |
| Latvia | 51 (2003 est.) |
| Lebanon | 8 (2003 est.) |
| Lesotho | 28 (2003 est.) |
| Liberia | 53 (2003 est.) |
| Libya | 140 (2003 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | none (2003 est.) |
| Lithuania | 102 (2003 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Macau | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 17 (2003 est.) |
| Madagascar | 116 (2003 est.) |
| Malawi | 42 (2003 est.) |
| Malaysia | 117 (2003 est.) |
| Maldives | 5 (2003 est.) |
| Mali | 27 (2003 est.) |
| Malta | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Man, Isle of | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 15 (2003 est.) |
| Martinique | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Mauritania | 24 (2003 est.) |
| Mauritius | 5 (2003 est.) |
| Mayotte | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Mexico | 1,827 (2003 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 6 (2003 est.) |
| Midway Islands | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Moldova | 24 (2003 est.) |
| Monaco | none; linked to the airport at Nice, France by helicopter service (2003) (2003 est.) |
| Mongolia | 36 (2003 est.) |
| Montserrat | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Morocco | 64 (2003 est.) |
| Mozambique | 158 (2003 est.) |
| Namibia | 136 (2003 est.) |
| Nauru | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Nepal | 46 (2003 est.) |
| Netherlands | 27 (2003 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 5 (2003 est.) |
| New Caledonia | 25 (2003 est.) |
| New Zealand | 113 (2003 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 176 (2003 est.) |
| Niger | 27 (2003 est.) |
| Nigeria | 70 (2003 est.) |
| Niue | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Norfolk Island | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 (2003 est.) |
| Norway | 101 (2003 est.) |
| Oman | 135 (2003 est.) |
| Pakistan | 129 (2003 est.) |
| Palau | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Palmyra Atoll | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Panama | 103 (2003 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 559 (2003 est.) |
| Paracel Islands | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Paraguay | 880 (2003 est.) |
| Peru | 233 (2003 est.) |
| Philippines | 253 (2003 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | none (2003 est.) |
| Poland | 122 (2003 est.) |
| Portugal | 66 (2003 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 30 (2003 est.) |
| Qatar | 4 (2003 est.) |
| Reunion | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Romania | 62 (2003 est.) |
| Russia | 2,609 (2003 est.) |
| Rwanda | 9 (2003 est.) |
| Saint Helena | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 (2003 est.) |
| Samoa | 4 (2003 est.) |
| San Marino | none (2003 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 204 (2003 est.) |
| Senegal | 20 (2003 est.) |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 45 (2003 est.) |
| Seychelles | 15 (2003 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 10 (2003 est.) |
| Singapore | 9 (2003 est.) |
| Slovakia | 34 (2003 est.) |
| Slovenia | 14 (2003 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 33 (2003 est.) |
| Somalia | 60 (2003 est.) |
| South Africa | 728 (2003 est.) |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | none (2003 est.) |
| Spain | 156 (2003 est.) |
| Spratly Islands | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 14 (2003 est.) |
| Sudan | 63 (2003 est.) |
| Suriname | 46 (2003 est.) |
| Svalbard | 4 (2003 est.) |
| Swaziland | 18 (2003 est.) |
| Sweden | 255 (2003 est.) |
| Switzerland | 65 (2003 est.) |
| Syria | 93 (2003 est.) |
| Taiwan | 40 (2003 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 66 (2003 est.) |
| Tanzania | 123 (2003 est.) |
| Thailand | 109 (2003 est.) |
| Togo | 9 (2003 est.) |
| Tokelau | none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2003 est.) |
| Tonga | 6 (2003 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 (2003 est.) |
| Tromelin Island | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Tunisia | 30 (2003 est.) |
| Turkey | 120 (2003 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 69 (2003 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 (2003 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Uganda | 27 (2003 est.) |
| Ukraine | 702 (2003 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 35 (2003 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 471 (2003 est.) |
| United States | 14,807 (2003 est.) |
| Uruguay | 64 (2003 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 247 (2003 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 30 (2003 est.) |
| Venezuela | 368 (2003 est.) |
| Vietnam | 19 (2003 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 2 (2003 est.) |
| Wake Island | 1 (2003 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2 (2003 est.) |
| West Bank | 3 (2003 est.) |
| Western Sahara | 11 (2003 est.) |
| Yemen | 44 (2003 est.) |
| Zambia | 109 (2003 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 404 (2003 est.) |
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Since 2004, July 10
Last update : 2004, July 10
Source : CIA's World Fact Book 2004.