Airports

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.

• Afghanistan

  total: 46 (2021)

• Akrotiri

  total: 1 (2021)

• Albania

  total: 3 (2021)

• Algeria

  total: 149 (2021)

• American Samoa

  total: 3 (2021)

• Angola

  total: 102 (2021)

• Anguilla

  total: 1 (2021)

• Antarctica

  total: 17 (2021)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  total: 3 (2021)

• Argentina

  total: 916 (2021)

• Armenia

  total: 7 (2021)

• Aruba

  total: 1 (2021)

• Australia

  total: 418 (2021)

• Austria

  total: 50 (2021)

• Azerbaijan

  total: 23 (2021)

• Bahamas, The

  total: 54 (2021)

• Bahrain

  total: 4 (2021)

• Bangladesh

  total: 18 (2021)

• Barbados

  total: 1 (2021)

• Belarus

  total: 65 (2021)

• Belgium

  total: 41 (2021)

• Belize

  total: 47 (2021)

• Benin

  total: 6 (2021)

• Bermuda

  total: 1 (2021)

• Bhutan

  total: 2 (2021)

• Bolivia

  total: 855 (2021)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  total: 24 (2021)

• Botswana

  total: 74 (2021)

• Brazil

  total: 4,093 (2021)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  total: 1 (2021)

• British Virgin Islands

  total: 4 (2021)

• Brunei

  total: 1 (2021)

• Bulgaria

  total: 68 (2021)

• Burkina Faso

  total: 23 (2021)

• Burma

  total: 64 (2021)

• Burundi

  total: 7 (2021)

• Cabo Verde

  total: 9 (2021)

• Cambodia

  total: 16 (2021)

• Cameroon

  total: 33 (2021)

• Canada

  total: 1,467 (2021)

• Cayman Islands

  total: 3 (2021)

• Central African Republic

  total: 39 (2021)

• Chad

  total: 59 (2021)

• Chile

  total: 481 (2021)

• China

  total: 507 (2021)

• Christmas Island

  total: 1 (2021)

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  total: 1 (2021)

• Colombia

  total: 836 (2021)

• Comoros

  total: 4 (2021)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  total: 198 (2021)

• Congo, Republic of the

  total: 27 (2021)

• Cook Islands

  total: 11 (2021)

• Costa Rica

  total: 161 (2021)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  total: 27 (2021)

• Croatia

  total: 69 (2021)

• Cuba

  total: 133 (2021)

• Curacao

  total: 1 (2021)

• Cyprus

  total: 15 (2021)

• Czechia

  total: 128 (2021)

• Denmark

  total: 80 (2021)

• Djibouti

  total: 13 (2021)

• Dominica

  total: 2 (2021)

• Dominican Republic

  total: 36 (2021)

• Ecuador

  total: 432 (2021)

• Egypt

  total: 83 (2021)

• El Salvador

  total: 68 (2021)

• Equatorial Guinea

  total: 7 (2021)

• Eritrea

  total: 13 (2021)

• Estonia

  total: 18 (2021)

• Eswatini

  total: 14 (2021)

• Ethiopia

  total: 57 (2021)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  total: 7 (2021)

• Faroe Islands

  total: 1 (2021)

• Fiji

  total: 28 (2021)

• Finland

  total: 148 (2021)

• France

  total: 464 (2021)

• French Polynesia

  total: 54 (2021)

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  total: 4 (2021)

• Gabon

  total: 44 (2021)

• Gambia, The

  total: 1 (2021)

• Gaza Strip

  total: 1 (2021)

• Georgia

  total: 22 (2021)

• Germany

  total: 539 (2021)

• Ghana

  total: 10 (2021)

• Gibraltar

  total: 1 (2021)

• Greece

  total: 77 (2021)

• Greenland

  total: 15 (2021)

• Grenada

  total: 3 (2021)

• Guam

  total: 5 (2021)

• Guatemala

  total: 291 (2021)

• Guernsey

  total: 2 (2021)

• Guinea

  total: 16 (2021)

• Guinea-Bissau

  total: 8 (2021)

• Guyana

  total: 117 (2021)

• Haiti

  total: 14 (2021)

• Honduras

  total: 103 (2021)

• Hong Kong

  total: 2 (2021)

• Hungary

  total: 41 (2021)

• Iceland

  total: 96 (2021)

• India

  total: 346 (2021)

• Indonesia

  total: 673 (2021)

• Iran

  total: 319 (2021)

• Iraq

  total: 102 (2021)

• Ireland

  total: 40 (2021)

• Isle of Man

  total: 1 (2021)

• Israel

  total: 42 (2021)

• Italy

  total: 129 (2021)

• Jamaica

  total: 28 (2021)

• Jan Mayen

  total: 1 (2021)

• Japan

  total: 175 (2021)

• Jersey

  total: 1 (2021)

• Jordan

  total: 18 (2021)

• Kazakhstan

  total: 96 (2021)

• Kenya

  total: 197 (2021)

• Kiribati

  total: 19 (2021)

• Korea, North

  total: 82 (2021)

• Korea, South

  total: 111 (2021)

• Kosovo

  total: 6 (2021)

• Kuwait

  total: 7 (2021)

• Kyrgyzstan

  total: 28 (2021)

• Laos

  total: 41 (2021)

• Latvia

  total: 42 (2021)

• Lebanon

  total: 8 (2021)

• Lesotho

  total: 24 (2021)

• Liberia

  total: 29 (2021)

• Libya

  total: 146 (2021)

• Lithuania

  total: 61 (2021)

• Luxembourg

  total: 2 (2021)

• Macau

  total: 1 (2021)

• Madagascar

  total: 83 (2021)

• Malawi

  total: 32 (2021)

• Malaysia

  total: 114 (2021)

• Maldives

  total: 9 (2021)

• Mali

  total: 25 (2021)

• Malta

  total: 1 (2021)

• Marshall Islands

  total: 15 (2021)

• Mauritania

  total: 30 (2021)

• Mauritius

  total: 5 (2021)

• Mexico

  total: 1,714 (2021)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  total: 6 (2021)

• Moldova

  total: 7 (2021)

• Mongolia

  total: 44 (2021)

• Montenegro

  total: 5 (2021)

• Montserrat

  total: 1 (2021)

• Morocco

  total: 62 (2021)

• Mozambique

  total: 98 (2021)

• Namibia

  total: 112 (2021)

• Nauru

  total: 1 (2021)

• Nepal

  total: 47 (2021)

• Netherlands

  total: 29 (2021)

• New Caledonia

  total: 25 (2021)

• New Zealand

  total: 123 (2021)

• Nicaragua

  total: 147 (2021)

• Niger

  total: 30 (2021)

• Nigeria

  total: 54 (2021)

• Niue

  total: 1 (2021)

• Norfolk Island

  total: 1 (2021)

• North Macedonia

  total: 10 (2021)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  total: 5 (2021)

• Norway

  total: 95 (2021)

• Oman

  total: 132 (2021)

• Pakistan

  total: 151 (2021)

• Palau

  total: 3 (2021)

• Panama

  total: 117 (2021)

• Papua New Guinea

  total: 561 (2021)

• Paracel Islands

  total: 1 (2021)

• Paraguay

  total: 799 (2021)

• Peru

  total: 191 (2021)

• Philippines

  total: 247 (2021)

• Poland

  total: 126 (2021)

• Portugal

  total: 64 (2021)

• Puerto Rico

  total: 29 (2021)

• Qatar

  total: 6 (2021)

• Romania

  total: 45 (2021)

• Russia

  total: 1,218 (2021)

• Rwanda

  total: 7 (2021)

• Saint Barthelemy

  total: 1 (2021)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  total: 2 (2021)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  total: 2 (2021)

• Saint Lucia

  total: 2 (2021)

• Saint Martin

  total: 1 (2021)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  total: 2 (2021)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  total: 6 (2021)

• Samoa

  total: 4 (2021)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  total: 2 (2021)

• Saudi Arabia

  total: 214 (2021)

• Senegal

  total: 20 (2021)

• Serbia

  total: 26 (2021)

• Seychelles

  total: 14 (2021)

• Sierra Leone

  total: 8 (2021)

• Singapore

  total: 9 (2021)

• Sint Maarten

  total: 1 (2021)

• Slovakia

  total: 35 (2021)

• Slovenia

  total: 16 (2021)

• Solomon Islands

  total: 36 (2021)

• Somalia

  total: 52 (2021)

• South Africa

  total: 407 (2021)

• South Sudan

  total: 89 (2021)

• Spain

  total: 135 (2021)

• Spratly Islands

  total: 8 (2021)

• Sri Lanka

  total: 18 (2021)

• Sudan

  total: 67 (2021)

• Suriname

  total: 55 (2021)

• Svalbard

  total: 4 (2021)

• Sweden

  total: 231 (2021)

• Switzerland

  total: 63 (2021)

• Syria

  total: 90 (2021)

• Taiwan

  total: 37 (2021)

• Tajikistan

  total: 24 (2021)

• Tanzania

  total: 166 (2021)

• Thailand

  total: 101 (2021)

• Timor-Leste

  total: 6 (2021)

• Togo

  total: 8 (2021)

• Tonga

  total: 6 (2021)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  total: 4 (2021)

• Tunisia

  total: 29 (2021)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  total: 98 (2021)

• Turkmenistan

  total: 26 (2021)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  total: 8 (2021)

• Tuvalu

  total: 1 (2021)

• Uganda

  total: 47 (2021)

• Ukraine

  total: 215 (2021)

• United Arab Emirates

  total: 43 (2021)

• United Kingdom

  total: 460 (2021)

• United States

  total: 13,513 (2021)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  Baker Island: (2013) one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable
  
  Howland Island: (2013) airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable
  
  Johnston Atoll: (2013) one closed and not maintained
  
  Kingman Reef: (2013) lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
  
  Midway Islands: (2013) 3 - one operational (2,377 m paved); no fuel for sale except emergencies
  
  Palmyra Atoll: (2013) 1 - 1,846 m unpaved runway; privately owned

• Uruguay

  total: 133 (2021)

• Uzbekistan

  total: 53 (2021)

• Vanuatu

  total: 31 (2021)

• Venezuela

  total: 444 (2021)

• Vietnam

  total: 45 (2021)

• Virgin Islands

  total: 2 (2021)

• Wake Island

  total: 1 (2021)

• Wallis and Futuna

  total: 2 (2021)

• West Bank

  total: 2 (2021)

• World

  total: 41,820 (2021)
  
  top ten by passengers (2021): Atlanta (ATL) - 75,704,760; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) 62,465,756; Denver, CO (DEN) 58,828,552; Chicago, IL (ORD) 54,020,399; Los Angeles, CA (LAX) 48,007,284; Charlotte, NC (CLT) 43,302,230; Orlando, FL (MCO) 40,351,068; Guangzhou (CAN) 40,259,401; Chengdu (CTU) 40,117,496;  Las Vegas, NV (LAS) 39,754,366 (2021)
  
  top ten by passengers (2020): Guangzhou (CAN) 43,767,558; Atlanta (ATL) - 42,918,685; Chengdu (CTU) 40,741,509; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) 39,364,990; Shenzhen (SZX) 37,916,054; Beijing (PEK) - 34,513,827; Denver, CO (DEN) 33,741,129; Kunming (KMG) 32,990,805; Shanghai (PVG) 31,165,641; Xi'an (XIY)  31,073,924 (2020) note - 2020 numbers included to allow for a comparison with the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on international air travel in 2020
  
  top ten by cargo (metric tons): Hong Kong (HKG) - 5,025,495; Memphis, TN (MEM) - 4,480,465; Shanghai (PVG) - 3,982,616; Anchorage, AK (ANC) - 3,555,160; Incheon (ICN) - 3,329,292; Louisville, KY (SDF) - 3,052,269; Taipei (TPE) - 2,812,065; Los Angeles, CA (LAX) 2,691,830; Tokyo (NRT) 2,644,074; Doha, Qatar (DOH) 2,620,095 (2021)

• Yemen

  total: 57 (2021)

• Zambia

  total: 88 (2021)

• Zimbabwe

  total: 196 (2021)