Country ranking for field: airports 2002

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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	14,695
2	Brazil	3,365
3	Russia	2,743
4	Mexico	1,852
5	Canada	1,419
6	Argentina	1,369
7	Bolivia	1,109
8	Colombia	1,066
9	Paraguay	899
10	South Africa	740
11	Ukraine	718
12	Germany	625
13	Indonesia	490
14	Papua New Guinea	490
15	China	489
16	France	477
17	Guatemala	475
18	United Kingdom	470
19	Zimbabwe	454
20	Kazakhstan	449
21	Australia	421
22	Venezuela	372
23	Chile	363
24	India	337
25	Iran	322
26	Philippines	275
27	Uzbekistan	267
28	Sweden	255
29	Angola	244
30	Peru	239
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	232
32	Kenya	231
33	Bulgaria	215
34	Saudi Arabia	209
35	Ecuador	205
36	Nicaragua	182
37	Japan	173
38	Cuba	172
39	Mozambique	166
40	Finland	160
41	Costa Rica	152
42	Oman	143
43	Namibia	137
44	Algeria	136
45	Libya	136
46	Belarus	136
47	Italy	135
48	Spain	133
49	Madagascar	130
50	Tanzania	125
51	Poland	122
52	Czech Republic	121
53	Turkey	120
54	Pakistan	120
55	Honduras	117
56	Malaysia	116
57	Denmark	116
58	Zambia	111
59	Thailand	110
60	Iraq	108
61	Panama	107
62	New Zealand	106
63	South Korea	102
64	Norway	102
65	Syria	99
66	Botswana	92
67	Egypt	92
68	North Korea	87
69	Iceland	86
70	Ethiopia	86
71	El Salvador	83
72	Myanmar	80
73	Greece	79
74	Turkmenistan	76
75	Lithuania	72
76	Nigeria	70
77	Portugal	67
78	Morocco	67
79	The Bahamas	67
80	Croatia	67
81	Switzerland	66
82	Sudan	65
83	Uruguay	64
84	Romania	61
85	Gabon	59
86	Austria	55
87	Israel	54
88	Somalia	54
89	Tajikistan	53
90	Azerbaijan	52
91	Central African Republic	51
92	Guyana	51
93	Laos	51
94	Kyrgyzstan	50
95	Chad	49
96	Cameroon	49
97	Yemen	49
98	Liberia	47
99	Afghanistan	46
100	Suriname	46
101	Serbia and Montenegro	46
102	Nepal	45
103	French Polynesia	45
104	Malawi	44
105	Belize	44
106	Hungary	43
107	Belgium	42
108	Ireland	41
109	Taiwan	39
110	Côte d'Ivoire	36
111	Jamaica	35
112	United Arab Emirates	35
113	Vietnam	34
114	Slovakia	34
115	Mongolia	34
116	Burkina Faso	33
117	Congo	33
118	Estonia	32
119	Solomon Islands	31
120	Georgia	31
121	Vanuatu	31
122	Puerto Rico	30
123	Tunisia	30
124	Moldova	30
125	Dominican Republic	29
126	New Caledonia	29
127	The Netherlands	28
128	Lesotho	28
129	Guinea-Bissau	28
130	Mali	27
131	Fiji	27
132	Uganda	27
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27
134	Mauritania	26
135	Niger	26
136	Latvia	25
137	Eritrea	21
138	Kiribati	21
139	Senegal	20
140	Cambodia	20
141	Swaziland	18
142	Bangladesh	18
143	Jordan	18
144	Macedonia	17
145	Marshall Islands	17
146	Sri Lanka	15
147	Guinea	15
148	Cyprus	15
149	Greenland	15
150	Slovenia	14
151	Seychelles	14
152	Haiti	12
153	Armenia	12
154	Ghana	12
155	Djibouti	12
156	Western Sahara	11
157	French Guiana	11
158	Albania	11
159	Sierra Leone	10
160	Togo	9
161	Singapore	9
162	Guadeloupe	9
163	Lebanon	8
164	East Timor	8
165	Rwanda	8
166	Turks and Caicos Islands	8
167	Cook Islands	7
168	Burundi	7
169	Kuwait	7
170	Federated States of Micronesia	7
171	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6
172	Tonga	6
173	Trinidad and Tobago	6
174	Northern Mariana Islands	6
175	Mauritius	5
176	Benin	5
177	Maldives	5
178	Falkland Islands	5
179	Netherlands Antilles	5
180	Guam	5
181	Spratly Islands	4
182	Svalbard	4
183	Bahrain	4
184	American Samoa	4
185	Comoros	4
186	Qatar	4
187	Equatorial Guinea	3
188	Cayman Islands	3
189	Anguilla	3
190	West Bank	3
191	Antigua and Barbuda	3
192	Palau	3
193	Samoa	3
194	Hong Kong	3
195	Grenada	3
196	British Virgin Islands	3
197	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
198	São Tomé and Príncipe	2
199	Bhutan	2
200	U.S. Virgin Islands	2
201	Dominica	2
202	Martinique	2
203	Brunei	2
204	Wallis and Futuna	2
205	Saint Lucia	2
206	Réunion	2
207	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	2
208	Guernsey	2
209	Luxembourg	2
210	Midway Islands	1
211	Barbados	1
212	Juan de Nova Island	1
213	Faroe Islands	1
214	Europa Island	1
215	Wake Island	1
216	Aruba	1
217	Tuvalu	1
218	Johnston Atoll	1
219	Jan Mayen	1
220	Baker Island	1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m completely covered with vegetation and unusable
221	Nauru	1
222	Jersey	1
223	Mayotte	1
224	Niue	1
225	Tromelin Island	1
226	Saint Helena	1
227	Norfolk Island	1
228	Isle of Man	1
229	Malta	1
230	The Gambia	1
231	Bermuda	1
232	Palmyra Atoll	1
233	British Indian Ocean Territory	1
234	Glorioso Islands	1
235	Paracel Islands	1
236	Christmas Island	1
237	Cocos Islands	1
238	Macau	1
239	Gibraltar	1
240	Monaco	none; linked to airport in Nice France by helicopter service
241	Andorra	none
242	San Marino	none
243	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
244	Liechtenstein	none
245	Pitcairn Islands	none
246	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	none
247	Tokelau	none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft
248	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	none
249	Holy See	none
250	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
251	Montserrat	none; only airport was destroyed by volcanic activity; a helicopter service to Antigua is used

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