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Airports (Country profile category: Transportation)

Afghanistan:
46 (1999 est.)

Albania:
10 (1999 est.)

Algeria:
137 (1999 est.)

American Samoa:
4 (1999 est.)

Andorra:
none

Angola:
249 (1999 est.)

Anguilla:
3 (1999 est.)

Antarctica:
18
note: 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 (1999 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
3 (1999 est.)

Argentina:
1,359 (1999 est.)

Armenia:
11 (1996 est.)

Aruba:
2 (1999 est.)

Australia:
408 (1999 est.)

Austria:
55 (1999 est.)

Azerbaijan:
69 (1996 est.)

Bahamas, The:
62 (1999 est.)

Bahrain:
3 (1999 est.)

Baker Island:
1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable

Bangladesh:
16 (1999 est.)

Barbados:
1 (1999 est.)

Belarus:
118 (1996 est.)

Belgium:
42 (1999 est.)

Belize:
44 (1999 est.)

Benin:
5 (1999 est.)

Bermuda:
1 (1999 est.)

Bhutan:
2 (1999 est.)

Bolivia:
1,109 (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
27 (1999 est.)

Botswana:
92 (1999 est.)

Brazil:
3,277 (1999 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory:
1 (1999 est.)

British Virgin Islands:
3 (1999 est.)

Brunei:
2 (1999 est.)

Bulgaria:
216 (1999 est.)

Burkina Faso:
33 (1999 est.)

Burma:
80 (1999 est.)

Burundi:
4 (1999 est.)

Cambodia:
19 (1999 est.)

Cameroon:
50 (1999 est.)

Canada:
1,411 (1999 est.)

Cape Verde:
6 (1999 est.)

Cayman Islands:
3 (1999 est.)

Central African Republic:
52 (1999 est.)

Chad:
49 (1999 est.)

Chile:
370 (1999 est.)

China:
206 (1996 est.)

Christmas Island:
1 (1999 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
1 (1999 est.)

Colombia:
1,101 (1999 est.)

Comoros:
4 (1999 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
232 (1999 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
36 (1999 est.)

Cook Islands:
7 (1999 est.)

Costa Rica:
155 (1999 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
36 (1999 est.)

Croatia:
67 (1999 est.)

Cuba:
170 (1999 est.)

Cyprus:
15 (1999 est.)

Czech Republic:
114 (1999 est.)

Denmark:
118 (1999 est.)

Djibouti:
12 (1999 est.)

Dominica:
2 (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic:
28 (1999 est.)

Ecuador:
182 (1999 est.)

Egypt:
90 (1999 est.)

El Salvador:
85 (1999 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
3 (1999 est.)

Eritrea:
21 (1999 est.)

Estonia:
5 (1997 est.)

Ethiopia:
85 (1999 est.)

Europa Island:
1 (1999 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
5 (1999 est.)

Faroe Islands:
1 (1999 est.)

Fiji:
25 (1999 est.)

Finland:
157 (1999 est.)

France:
474 (1999 est.)

French Guiana:
11 (1999 est.)

French Polynesia:
45 (1999 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
none

Gabon:
61 (1999 est.)

Gambia, The:
1 (1999 est.)

Gaza Strip:
2 (1999 est.)
note: includes Gaza International Airport that opened on 24 November 1998 as part of agreements stipulated in the September 1995 Oslo II Accord and the 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum

Georgia:
28 (1994 est.)

Germany:
615 (1999 est.)

Ghana:
12 (1999 est.)

Gibraltar:
1 (1999 est.)

Glorioso Islands:
1 (1999 est.)

Greece:
80 (1999 est.)

Greenland:
14 (1999 est.)

Grenada:
3 (1999 est.)

Guadeloupe:
9 (1999 est.)

Guam:
5 (1999 est.)

Guatemala:
477 (1999 est.)

Guernsey:
2 (1999 est.)

Guinea:
15 (1999 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
30 (1999 est.)

Guyana:
51 (1999 est.)

Haiti:
13 (1999 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City):
none

Honduras:
119 (1999 est.)

Hong Kong:
3 (1999 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

Hungary:
43 (1999 est.)

Iceland:
86 (1999 est.)

India:
346 (1999 est.)

Indonesia:
446 (1999 est.)

Iran:
288 (1999 est.)

Iraq:
113 (1999 est.)

Ireland:
44 (1999 est.)

Israel:
58 (1999 est.)

Italy:
136 (1999 est.)

Jamaica:
36 (1999 est.)

Jan Mayen:
1 (1999 est.)

Japan:
171 (1999 est.)

Jersey:
1 (1999 est.)

Johnston Atoll:
1 (1999 est.)

Jordan:
20 (1999 est.)

Juan de Nova Island:
1 (1999 est.)

Kazakhstan:
10 (1997 est.)

Kenya:
230 (1999 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

Kiribati:
21 (1999 est.)

Korea, North:
49 (1994 est.)

Korea, South:
103 (1999 est.)

Kuwait:
7 (1999 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
54 (1994 est.)

Laos:
52 (1999 est.)

Latvia:
50 (1994 est.)

Lebanon:
9 (1999 est.)

Lesotho:
29 (1999 est.)

Liberia:
45 (1999 est.)

Libya:
142 (1999 est.)

Liechtenstein:
none

Lithuania:
96 (1994 est.)

Luxembourg:
2 (1999 est.)

Macau:
1 (1999 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
16 (1999 est.)

Madagascar:
133 (1999 est.)

Malawi:
44 (1999 est.)

Malaysia:
115 (1999 est.)

Maldives:
5 (1999 est.)

Mali:
28 (1999 est.)

Malta:
1 (1999 est.)

Man, Isle of:
1 (1999 est.)

Marshall Islands:
16 (1999 est.)

Martinique:
2 (1999 est.)

Mauritania:
26 (1999 est.)

Mauritius:
5 (1999 est.)

Mayotte:
1 (1999 est.)

Mexico:
1,806 (1999 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
6 (1999 est.)

Midway Islands:
3 (1999 est.)

Moldova:
26 (1994 est.)

Monaco:
linked to airport in Nice, France, by helicopter service

Mongolia:
34 (1994 est.)

Montserrat:
1 (1999 est.)

Morocco:
70 (1999 est.)

Mozambique:
170 (1999 est.)

Namibia:
135 (1999 est.)

Nauru:
1 (1999 est.)

Nepal:
45 (1999 est.)

Netherlands:
28 (1999 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
5 (1999 est.)

New Caledonia:
28 (1999 est.)

New Zealand:
111 (1999 est.)

Nicaragua:
182 (1999 est.)

Niger:
27 (1999 est.)

Nigeria:
71 (1999 est.)

Niue:
1 (1999 est.)

Norfolk Island:
1 (1999 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands:
6 (1999 est.)

Norway:
103 (1999 est.)

Oman:
142 (1999 est.)

Pakistan:
118 (1999 est.)

Palau:
3 (1999 est.)

Palmyra Atoll:
1 (1999 est.)

Panama:
105 (1999 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
492 (1999 est.)

Paracel Islands:
1 (1999 est.)

Paraguay:
937 (1999 est.)

Peru:
234 (1999 est.)

Philippines:
266 (1999 est.)

Pitcairn Islands:
none

Poland:
123 (1999 est.)

Portugal:
66 (1999 est.)

Puerto Rico:
30 (1999 est.)

Qatar:
4 (1999 est.)

Reunion:
2 (1999 est.)

Romania:
62 (1999 est.)

Russia:
2,517 (1994 est.)

Rwanda:
8 (1999 est.)

Saint Helena:
1 (1999 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
2 (1999 est.)

Saint Lucia:
2 (1999 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
2 (1999 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
6 (1999 est.)

Samoa:
3 (1999 est.)

San Marino:
none

Sao Tome and Principe:
2 (1999 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
205 (1999 est.)

Senegal:
20 (1999 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro:
48 (Serbia 43, Montenegro 5) (1999 est.)

Seychelles:
14 (1999 est.)

Sierra Leone:
10 (1999 est.)

Singapore:
9 (1999 est.)

Slovakia:
36 (1999 est.)

Slovenia:
14 (1999 est.)

Solomon Islands:
33 (1999 est.)

Somalia:
61 (1999 est.)

South Africa:
744 (1999 est.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
none

Spain:
105 (1999 est.)

Spratly Islands:
4 (1999 est.)

Sri Lanka:
14 (1999 est.)

Sudan:
61 (1999 est.)

Suriname:
46 (1999 est.)

Svalbard:
4 (1999 est.)

Swaziland:
18 (1999 est.)

Sweden:
256 (1999 est.)

Switzerland:
67 (1999 est.)

Syria:
104 (1999 est.)

Tajikistan:
59 (1994 est.)

Tanzania:
129 (1999 est.)

Thailand:
106 (1999 est.)

Togo:
9 (1999 est.)

Tokelau:
none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Samoa

Tonga:
6 (1999 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
6 (1999 est.)

Tromelin Island:
1 (1999 est.)

Tunisia:
32 (1999 est.)

Turkey:
118 (1999 est.)

Turkmenistan:
64 (1994 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
7 (1999 est.)

Tuvalu:
1 (1999 est.)

Uganda:
26 (1999 est.)

Ukraine:
706 (1994 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
40 (1999 est.)

United Kingdom:
498 (1999 est.)

United States:
14,572 (1999 est.)

Uruguay:
65 (1999 est.)

Uzbekistan:
3 (1997 est.)

Vanuatu:
32 (1999 est.)

Venezuela:
366 (1999 est.)

Vietnam:
48 (1999 est.)

Virgin Islands:
2
note: international airports on Saint Thomas and Saint Croix (1999 est.)

Wake Island:
1 (1999 est.)

Wallis and Futuna:
2 (1999 est.)

West Bank:
2 (1999 est.)

Western Sahara:
12 (1999 est.)

Yemen:
50 (1999 est.)

Zambia:
112 (1999 est.)

Zimbabwe:
459 (1999 est.)

Taiwan:
38 (1999 est.)

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