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Afghanistan | 47 (2003 est.)
Albania | 11 (2003 est.)
Algeria | 137 (2003 est.)
American Samoa | 3 (2003 est.)
Andorra | none
Angola | 244 (2003 est.)
Anguilla | 3 (2003 est.)
Antarctica | there are no developed public access airports or landing facilities; 30 stations, operated by 16 national governments party to the Antarctic Treaty, have restricted 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 (2003 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | 3 (2003 est.)
Argentina | 1,335 (2003 est.)
Armenia | 17 (2003 est.)
Aruba | 1 (2003 est.)
Australia | 444 (2003 est.)
Austria | 55 (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan | 67 (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The | 63 (2003 est.)
Bahrain | 4 (2003 est.)
Baker Island | 1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m, completely covered with vegetation and unusable (2003 est.)
Bangladesh | 16 (2003 est.)
Barbados | 1 (2003 est.)
Belarus | 135 (2003 est.)
Belgium | 42 (2003 est.)
Belize | 43 (2003 est.)
Benin | 5 (2003 est.)
Bermuda | 1 (2003 est.)
Bhutan | 2 (2003 est.)
Bolivia | 1,067 (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 (2003 est.)
Botswana | 85 (2003 est.)
Brazil | 3,803 (2003 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 3 (2003 est.)
Brunei | 2 (2003 est.)
Bulgaria | 212 (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso | 33 (2003 est.)
Burma | 79 (2003 est.)
Burundi | 8 (2003 est.)
Cambodia | 20 (2003 est.)
Cameroon | 47 (2003 est.)
Canada | 1,357 (2003 est.)
Cape Verde | 7 note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands | 3 (2003 est.)
Central African Republic | 50 (2003 est.)
Chad | 50 (2003 est.)
Chile | 363 (2003 est.)
China | 507 (2003 est.)
Christmas Island | 1 (2003 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 (2003 est.)
Colombia | 980 (2003 est.)
Comoros | 4 (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 230 (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 32 (2003 est.)
Cook Islands | 9 (2003 est.)
Costa Rica | 149 (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 37 (2003 est.)
Croatia | 68 (2003 est.)
Cuba | 170 (2003 est.)
Cyprus | 17 (2003 est.)
Czech Republic | 120 (2003 est.)
Denmark | 99 (2003 est.)
Djibouti | 13 (2003 est.)
Dominica | 2 (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic | 31 (2003 est.)
East Timor | 8 (2003 est.)
Ecuador | 205 (2003 est.)
Egypt | 89 (2003 est.)
El Salvador | 73 (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 3 (2003 est.)
Eritrea | 18 (2003 est.)
Estonia | 29 (2003 est.)
Ethiopia | 82 (2003 est.)
Europa Island | 1 (2003 est.)
European Union | total: 3,130 with paved runways: 1,834 with unpaved runways: 1,296 (2003)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 5 (2003 est.)
Faroe Islands | 1 (2003 est.)
Fiji | 28 (2003 est.)
Finland | 148 (2003 est.)
France | 477 (2003 est.)
French Guiana | 11 (2003 est.)
French Polynesia | 49 (2003 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | none
Gabon | 56 (2003 est.)
Gambia, The | 1 (2003 est.)
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 (2003 est.)
Georgia | 31 (2003 est.)
Germany | 550 (2003 est.)
Ghana | 12 (2003 est.)
Gibraltar | 1 (2003 est.)
Glorioso Islands | 1 (2003 est.)
Greece | 79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2003 est.)
Greenland | 14 (2003 est.)
Grenada | 3 (2003 est.)
Guadeloupe | 9 (2003 est.)
Guam | 5 (2003 est.)
Guatemala | 452 (2003 est.)
Guernsey | 2 (2003 est.)
Guinea | 16 (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 28 (2003 est.)
Guyana | 49 (2003 est.)
Haiti | 12 (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) | none (2003 est.)
Honduras | 115 (2003 est.)
Hong Kong | 4 (2003 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 (2003 est.)
Hungary | 43 (2003 est.)
Iceland | 100 (2003 est.)
India | 333 (2003 est.)
Indonesia | 661 (2003 est.)
Iran | 303 (2003 est.)
Iraq | 111; note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war (2003 est.)
Ireland | 36 (2003 est.)
Israel | 51 (2003 est.)
Italy | 134 (2003 est.)
Jamaica | 35 (2003 est.)
Jan Mayen | 1 (2003 est.)
Japan | 174 (2003 est.)
Jersey | 1 (2003 est.)
Johnston Atoll | 1 (2003 est.)
Jordan | 17 (2003 est.)
Juan de Nova Island | 1 (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan | 392 (2003 est.)
Kenya | 221 (2003 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 (2003 est.)
Kiribati | 20 (2003 est.)
Korea, North | 78 (2003 est.)
Korea, South | 102 (2003 est.)
Kuwait | 7 (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 61 (2003 est.)
Laos | 46 (2003 est.)
Latvia | 51 (2003 est.)
Lebanon | 8 (2003 est.)
Lesotho | 28 (2003 est.)
Liberia | 53 (2003 est.)
Libya | 140 (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein | none (2003 est.)
Lithuania | 102 (2003 est.)
Luxembourg | 2 (2003 est.)
Macau | 1 (2003 est.)
Macedonia | 17 (2003 est.)
Madagascar | 116 (2003 est.)
Malawi | 42 (2003 est.)
Malaysia | 117 (2003 est.)
Maldives | 5 (2003 est.)
Mali | 27 (2003 est.)
Malta | 1 (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of | 1 (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands | 15 (2003 est.)
Martinique | 2 (2003 est.)
Mauritania | 24 (2003 est.)
Mauritius | 5 (2003 est.)
Mayotte | 1 (2003 est.)
Mexico | 1,827 (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 6 (2003 est.)
Midway Islands | 3 (2003 est.)
Moldova | 24 (2003 est.)
Monaco | none; linked to the airport at Nice, France by helicopter service (2003) (2003 est.)
Mongolia | 36 (2003 est.)
Montserrat | 1 (2003 est.)
Morocco | 64 (2003 est.)
Mozambique | 158 (2003 est.)
Namibia | 136 (2003 est.)
Nauru | 1 (2003 est.)
Nepal | 46 (2003 est.)
Netherlands | 27 (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 5 (2003 est.)
New Caledonia | 25 (2003 est.)
New Zealand | 113 (2003 est.)
Nicaragua | 176 (2003 est.)
Niger | 27 (2003 est.)
Nigeria | 70 (2003 est.)
Niue | 1 (2003 est.)
Norfolk Island | 1 (2003 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands | 6 (2003 est.)
Norway | 101 (2003 est.)
Oman | 135 (2003 est.)
Pakistan | 129 (2003 est.)
Palau | 3 (2003 est.)
Palmyra Atoll | 1 (2003 est.)
Panama | 103 (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 559 (2003 est.)
Paracel Islands | 1 (2003 est.)
Paraguay | 880 (2003 est.)
Peru | 233 (2003 est.)
Philippines | 253 (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | none (2003 est.)
Poland | 122 (2003 est.)
Portugal | 66 (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico | 30 (2003 est.)
Qatar | 4 (2003 est.)
Reunion | 2 (2003 est.)
Romania | 62 (2003 est.)
Russia | 2,609 (2003 est.)
Rwanda | 9 (2003 est.)
Saint Helena | 1 (2003 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia | 2 (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 (2003 est.)
Samoa | 4 (2003 est.)
San Marino | none (2003 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | 2 (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 204 (2003 est.)
Senegal | 20 (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 45 (2003 est.)
Seychelles | 15 (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone | 10 (2003 est.)
Singapore | 9 (2003 est.)
Slovakia | 34 (2003 est.)
Slovenia | 14 (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands | 33 (2003 est.)
Somalia | 60 (2003 est.)
South Africa | 728 (2003 est.)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | none (2003 est.)
Spain | 156 (2003 est.)
Spratly Islands | 3 (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka | 14 (2003 est.)
Sudan | 63 (2003 est.)
Suriname | 46 (2003 est.)
Svalbard | 4 (2003 est.)
Swaziland | 18 (2003 est.)
Sweden | 255 (2003 est.)
Switzerland | 65 (2003 est.)
Syria | 93 (2003 est.)
Taiwan | 40 (2003 est.)
Tajikistan | 66 (2003 est.)
Tanzania | 123 (2003 est.)
Thailand | 109 (2003 est.)
Togo | 9 (2003 est.)
Tokelau | none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2003 est.)
Tonga | 6 (2003 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 6 (2003 est.)
Tromelin Island | 1 (2003 est.)
Tunisia | 30 (2003 est.)
Turkey | 120 (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan | 69 (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 (2003 est.)
Tuvalu | 1 (2003 est.)
Uganda | 27 (2003 est.)
Ukraine | 702 (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 35 (2003 est.)
United Kingdom | 471 (2003 est.)
United States | 14,807 (2003 est.)
Uruguay | 64 (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan | 247 (2003 est.)
Vanuatu | 30 (2003 est.)
Venezuela | 368 (2003 est.)
Vietnam | 19 (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands | 2 (2003 est.)
Wake Island | 1 (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | 2 (2003 est.)
West Bank | 3 (2003 est.)
Western Sahara | 11 (2003 est.)
Yemen | 44 (2003 est.)
Zambia | 109 (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe | 404 (2003 est.)
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