Country ranking for field: airports 1999

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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.

1	United States	14,459
2	Brazil	3,265
3	Russia	2,517
4	Mexico	1,805
5	Canada	1,395
6	Argentina	1,374
7	Bolivia	1,130
8	Colombia	1,120
9	Paraguay	941
10	South Africa	749
11	Ukraine	706
12	Germany	618
13	United Kingdom	497
14	Papua New Guinea	495
15	Guatemala	478
16	France	474
17	Zimbabwe	467
18	Indonesia	443
19	Australia	408
20	Chile	378
21	Venezuela	371
22	India	341
23	Iran	288
24	Philippines	260
25	Sweden	255
26	Angola	252
27	Peru	244
28	Democratic Republic of the Congo	233
29	Kenya	232
30	China	206
31	Saudi Arabia	205
32	Nicaragua	184
33	Ecuador	183
34	Mozambique	174
35	Japan	170
36	Cuba	170
37	Finland	157
38	Costa Rica	156
39	Oman	143
40	Libya	143
41	Algeria	137
42	Italy	136
43	Namibia	135
44	Madagascar	133
45	Tanzania	129
46	Honduras	122
47	Denmark	118
48	Belarus	118
49	Turkey	117
50	Pakistan	116
51	Malaysia	115
52	Zambia	112
53	New Zealand	111
54	Panama	110
55	Iraq	109
56	Thailand	107
57	Syria	104
58	Norway	103
59	South Korea	103
60	Spain	99
61	Lithuania	96
62	Poland	92
63	Botswana	92
64	Egypt	89
65	Iceland	87
66	El Salvador	86
67	Ethiopia	84
68	Myanmar	80
69	Greece	78
70	Croatia	72
71	Nigeria	72
72	Morocco	69
73	Azerbaijan	69
74	Czech Republic	69
75	Switzerland	67
76	Portugal	66
77	Uruguay	65
78	Turkmenistan	64
79	Sudan	63
80	The Bahamas	62
81	Bulgaria	61
82	Somalia	61
83	Tajikistan	59
84	Israel	54
85	Kyrgyzstan	54
86	Cameroon	52
87	Central African Republic	52
88	Laos	52
89	Chad	52
90	Latvia	50
91	North Korea	49
92	Guyana	48
93	Serbia and Montenegro	48
94	Vietnam	48
95	Yemen	48
96	Suriname	46
97	Nepal	45
98	Malawi	45
99	Liberia	45
100	French Polynesia	45
101	Belize	44
102	Afghanistan	44
103	Ireland	44
104	Belgium	42
105	United Arab Emirates	41
106	Taiwan	39
107	Congo	36
108	Jamaica	36
109	Côte d'Ivoire	36
110	Dominican Republic	36
111	Mongolia	34
112	Solomon Islands	33
113	Burkina Faso	33
114	Vanuatu	32
115	Tunisia	32
116	Puerto Rico	30
117	Guinea-Bissau	30
118	Lesotho	29
119	Georgia	28
120	The Netherlands	28
121	Mali	28
122	Niger	27
123	Uganda	27
124	Romania	27
125	New Caledonia	27
126	Mauritania	26
127	Moldova	26
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25
129	Hungary	25
130	Fiji	24
131	Kiribati	21
132	Cambodia	20
133	Senegal	20
134	Eritrea	20
135	Swaziland	18
136	Jordan	17
137	Antarctica	17; 27 stations operated by 16 national governments party to the Antarctic Treaty have landing facilities for either helicopters and/or fixed-wing aircraft; commercial enterprises operate two additional air 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; airports generally subject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting from extreme seasonal and geographic conditions; airports do not meet ICAO standards; advance approval from the respective governmental or nongovernmental operating organization required for landing
138	Marshall Islands	16
139	Bangladesh	16
140	Guinea	15
141	Cyprus	15
142	Slovakia	15
143	Slovenia	14
144	Seychelles	14
145	Haiti	13
146	Sri Lanka	13
147	Greenland	13
148	Ghana	12
149	Western Sahara	12
150	French Guiana	11
151	Armenia	11
152	Djibouti	11
153	Sierra Leone	10
154	Kazakhstan	10
155	Togo	9
156	Singapore	9
157	Lebanon	9
158	Guadeloupe	9
159	Albania	9
160	Kuwait	8
161	Turks and Caicos Islands	7
162	Rwanda	7
163	Cook Islands	7
164	Tonga	6
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6
166	Trinidad and Tobago	6
167	Falkland Islands	5
168	Maldives	5
169	Mauritius	5
170	Estonia	5
171	Benin	5
172	Netherlands Antilles	5
173	Guam	5
174	Northern Mariana Islands	5
175	Comoros	4
176	Spratly Islands	4
177	Svalbard	4
178	American Samoa	4
179	Burundi	4
180	Qatar	4
181	Equatorial Guinea	3
182	Bahrain	3
183	Grenada	3
184	British Virgin Islands	3
185	Hong Kong	3
186	Samoa	3
187	Midway Islands	3
188	Anguilla	3
189	Cayman Islands	3
190	Antigua and Barbuda	3
191	Palau	3
192	Uzbekistan	3
193	West Bank	2
194	Bhutan	2
195	Dominica	2
196	Luxembourg	2
197	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	2
198	Guernsey	2
199	Aruba	2
200	Réunion	2
201	Saint Lucia	2
202	Wallis and Futuna	2
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
204	Gaza Strip	2
205	U.S. Virgin Islands	2
206	Martinique	2
207	Brunei	2
208	The Gambia	1
209	Tuvalu	1
210	Cocos Islands	1
211	Tromelin Island	1
212	Wake Island	1
213	Jan Mayen	1
214	Bermuda	1
215	Jersey	1
216	Palmyra Atoll	1
217	British Indian Ocean Territory	1
218	Macau	1
219	Malta	1
220	Mayotte	1
221	Christmas Island	1
222	Montserrat	1
223	Nauru	1
224	Glorioso Islands	1
225	Niue	1
226	Johnston Atoll	1
227	Gibraltar	1
228	Norfolk Island	1
229	Paracel Islands	1
230	Saint Helena	1
231	Europa Island	1
232	Faroe Islands	1
233	Baker Island	1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m completely covered with vegetation and unusable
234	Isle of Man	1
235	Juan de Nova Island	1
236	Kingman Reef	lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1,937 and 1,938
237	San Marino	none
238	Andorra	none
239	Tokelau	none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa
240	Pitcairn Islands	none
241	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	none
242	Holy See	none
243	Liechtenstein	none
244	Howland Island	airstrip constructed in 1,937 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
245	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	none
246	Monaco	linked to airport in Nice France by helicopter service

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