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Afghanistan | 47 (2002)
Albania | 12 (2002)
Algeria | 136 (2002)
American Samoa | 3 (2002)
Andorra | none (2002)
Angola | 243 (2002)
Anguilla | 3 (2002)
Antarctica | 30 note: 30 stations, operated by 16 national governments party to the Antarctic Treaty, have 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 (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda | 3 (2002)
Argentina | 1,342 (2002)
Armenia | 15 (2002)
Aruba | 1 (2002)
Australia | 444 (2002)
Austria | 55 (2002)
Azerbaijan | 71 (2002)
Bahamas, The | 64 (2002)
Bahrain | 4 (2002)
Baker Island | 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable (2002)
Bangladesh | 18 (2002)
Barbados | 1 (2002)
Belarus | 124 (2002)
Belgium | 42 (2002)
Belize | 42 (2002)
Benin | 5 (2002)
Bermuda | 1 (2002)
Bhutan | 2 (2002)
Bolivia | 1,081 (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32 (2002)
Botswana | 86 (2002)
Brazil | 3,590 (2002)
British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 (2002)
British Virgin Islands | 3 (2002)
Brunei | 2 (2002)
Bulgaria | 216 (2002)
Burkina Faso | 33 (2002)
Burma | 80 (2002)
Burundi | 7 (2002)
Cambodia | 21 (2002)
Cameroon | 49 (2002)
Canada | 1,389 (2002)
Cape Verde | 9 note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2002)
Cayman Islands | 3 (2002)
Central African Republic | 50 (2002)
Chad | 50 (2002)
Chile | 363 (2002)
China | 500 (2002)
Christmas Island | 1 (2002)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 (2002)
Colombia | 1,050 (2002)
Comoros | 4 (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 229 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the | 31 (2002)
Cook Islands | 7 (2002)
Costa Rica | 151 (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire | 36 (2002)
Croatia | 59 (2002)
Cuba | 161 (2002)
Cyprus | 16 (2002)
Czech Republic | 144 (2002)
Denmark | 104 (2002)
Djibouti | 13 (2002)
Dominica | 2 (2002)
Dominican Republic | 30 (2002)
East Timor | 8 (2002)
Ecuador | 205 (2002)
Egypt | 89 (2002)
El Salvador | 82 (2002)
Equatorial Guinea | 3 (2002)
Eritrea | 18 (2002)
Estonia | 38 (2002)
Ethiopia | 83 (2002)
Europa Island | 1 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 5 (2002)
Faroe Islands | 1 (2002)
Fiji | 27 (2002)
Finland | 150 (2002)
France | 477 (2002)
French Guiana | 11 (2002)
French Polynesia | 45 (2002)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | none (2002)
Gabon | 57 (2002)
Gambia, The | 1 (2002)
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 (2002)
Georgia | 40 (2002)
Germany | 551 (2002)
Ghana | 12 (2002)
Gibraltar | 1 (2002)
Glorioso Islands | 1 (2002)
Greece | 79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2002)
Greenland | 14 (2002)
Grenada | 3 (2002)
Guadeloupe | 9 (2002)
Guam | 5 (2002)
Guatemala | 466 (2002)
Guernsey | 2 (2002)
Guinea | 15 (2002)
Guinea-Bissau | 28 (2002)
Guyana | 51 (2002)
Haiti | 12 (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City) | none (2002)
Honduras | 115 (2002)
Hong Kong | 3 (2002)
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 (2002)
Hungary | 49 (2002)
Iceland | 86 (2002)
India | 334 (2002)
Indonesia | 631 (2002)
Iran | 309 (2002)
Iraq | 150 (2002); note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war
Ireland | 36 (2002)
Israel | 52 (2002)
Italy | 134 (2002)
Jamaica | 35 (2002)
Jan Mayen | 1 (2002)
Japan | 172 (2002)
Jersey | 1 (2002)
Johnston Atoll | 1 (2002)
Jordan | 17 (2002)
Juan de Nova Island | 1 (2002)
Kazakhstan | 488 (2002)
Kenya | 230 (2002)
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 (2002)
Kiribati | 20 (2002)
Korea, North | 72 (2002)
Korea, South | 102 (2002)
Kuwait | 6 (2002)
Kyrgyzstan | 68 (2002)
Laos | 51 (2002)
Latvia | 38 (2002)
Lebanon | 8 (2002)
Lesotho | 28 (2002)
Liberia | 47 (2002)
Libya | 136 (2002)
Liechtenstein | none (2002)
Lithuania | 87 (2002)
Luxembourg | 2 (2002)
Macau | 1 (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 18 (2002)
Madagascar | 121 (2002)
Malawi | 43 (2002)
Malaysia | 114 (2002)
Maldives | 5 (2002)
Mali | 26 (2002)
Malta | 1 (2002)
Man, Isle of | 1 (2002)
Marshall Islands | 15 (2002)
Martinique | 2 (2002)
Mauritania | 26 (2002)
Mauritius | 5 (2002)
Mayotte | 1 (2002)
Mexico | 1,823 (2002)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 7 (2002)
Midway Islands | 2 (2002)
Moldova | 36 (2002)
Monaco | none; linked to airport in Nice, France, by helicopter service (2002)
Mongolia | 50 (2002)
Montserrat | none; only airport was destroyed by volcanic activity; a helicopter service to Antigua is used (2002)
Morocco | 63 (2002)
Mozambique | 165 (2002)
Namibia | 135 (2002)
Nauru | 1 (2002)
Nepal | 45 (2002)
Netherlands | 28 (2002)
Netherlands Antilles | 5 (2002)
New Caledonia | 30 (2002)
New Zealand | 113 (2002)
Nicaragua | 176 (2002)
Niger | 27 (2002)
Nigeria | 70 (2002)
Niue | 1 (2002)
Norfolk Island | 1 (2002)
Northern Mariana Islands | 6 (2002)
Norway | 102 (2002)
Oman | 139 (2002)
Pakistan | 124 (2002)
Palau | 3 (2002)
Palmyra Atoll | 1 (2002)
Panama | 103 (2002)
Papua New Guinea | 491 (2002)
Paracel Islands | 1 (2002)
Paraguay | 879 (2002)
Peru | 233 (2002)
Philippines | 257 (2002)
Pitcairn Islands | none (2002)
Poland | 150 (2002)
Portugal | 66 (2002)
Puerto Rico | 31 (2002)
Qatar | 4 (2002)
Reunion | 2 (2002)
Romania | 65 (2002)
Russia | 2,743 (2002)
Rwanda | 9 (2002)
Saint Helena | 1 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 (2002)
Saint Lucia | 2 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 (2002)
Samoa | 4 (2002)
San Marino | none (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe | 2 (2002)
Saudi Arabia | 209 (2002)
Senegal | 20 (2002)
Serbia and Montenegro | 45 (2002)
Seychelles | 14 (2002)
Sierra Leone | 10 (2002)
Singapore | 9 (2002)
Slovakia | 37 (2002)
Slovenia | 16 (2002)
Solomon Islands | 32 (2002)
Somalia | 60 (2002)
South Africa | 727 (2002)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | none (2002)
Spain | 152 (2002)
Spratly Islands | 3 (2002)
Sri Lanka | 15 (2002)
Sudan | 63 (2002)
Suriname | 46 (2002)
Svalbard | 4 (2002)
Swaziland | 18 (2002)
Sweden | 245 (2002)
Switzerland | 66 (2002)
Syria | 92 (2002)
Taiwan | 39 (2002)
Tajikistan | 66 (2002)
Tanzania | 123 (2002)
Thailand | 111 (2002)
Togo | 9 (2002)
Tokelau | none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2002)
Tonga | 6 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago | 6 (2002)
Tromelin Island | 1 (2002)
Tunisia | 30 (2002)
Turkey | 120 (2002)
Turkmenistan | 76 (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 (2002)
Tuvalu | 1 (2002)
Uganda | 27 (2002)
Ukraine | 790 (2002)
United Arab Emirates | 41 (2002)
United Kingdom | 470 (2002)
United States | 14,801 (2002)
Uruguay | 64 (2002)
Uzbekistan | 273 (2002)
Vanuatu | 30 (2002)
Venezuela | 373 (2002)
Vietnam | 47 (2002)
Virgin Islands | 2 (2002)
Wake Island | 1 (2002)
Wallis and Futuna | 2 (2002)
West Bank | 3 (2002)
Western Sahara | 11 (2002)
Yemen | 44 (2002)
Zambia | 109 (2002)
Zimbabwe | 430 (2002)
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003