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| The World Factbook. 2008. |
| Airports |
| Country | Airports |
| Afghanistan | 46 (2007) |
| Albania | 11 (2007) |
| Algeria | 150 (2007) |
| American Samoa | 3 (2007) |
| Angola | 232 (2007) |
| Anguilla | 3 (2007) |
| Antarctica | 26 (2007) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3 (2007) |
| Argentina | 1,272 (2007) |
| Armenia | 12 (2007) |
| Aruba | 1 (2007) |
| Australia | 461 (2007) |
| Austria | 55 (2007) |
| Azerbaijan | 35 (2007) |
| Bahamas, The | 62 (2007) |
| Bahrain | 3 (2007) |
| Bangladesh | 16 (2007) |
| Barbados | 1 (2007) |
| Belarus | 67 (2007) |
| Belgium | 43 (2007) |
| Belize | 44 (2007) |
| Benin | 5 (2007) |
| Bermuda | 1 (2007) |
| Bhutan | 2 (2007) |
| Bolivia | 1,061 (2007) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 (2007) |
| Botswana | 85 (2007) |
| Brazil | 4,263 (2007) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 1 (2007) |
| British Virgin Islands | 3 (2007) |
| Brunei | 2 (2007) |
| Bulgaria | 214 (2007) |
| Burkina Faso | 33 (2007) |
| Burma | 86 (2007) |
| Burundi | 8 (2007) |
| Cambodia | 17 (2007) |
| Cameroon | 45 (2007) |
| Canada | 1,343 (2007) |
| Cape Verde | 8 (2007) |
| Cayman Islands | 3 (2007) |
| Central African Republic | 51 (2007) |
| Chad | 55 (2007) |
| Chile | 358 (2007) |
| China | 467 (2007) |
| Christmas Island | 1 (2007) |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 (2007) |
| Colombia | 934 (2007) |
| Comoros | 4 (2007) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 237 (2007) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 31 (2007) |
| Cook Islands | 9 (2007) |
| Costa Rica | 151 (2007) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 34 (2007) |
| Croatia | 68 (2007) |
| Cuba | 165 (2007) |
| Cyprus | 16 (2007) |
| Czech Republic | 122 (2007) |
| Denmark | 91 (2007) |
| Djibouti | 13 (2007) |
| Dominica | 2 (2007) |
| Dominican Republic | 34 (2007) |
| Ecuador | 406 (2007) |
| Egypt | 88 (2007) |
| El Salvador | 65 (2007) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5 (2007) |
| Eritrea | 18 (2007) |
| Estonia | 19 (2007) |
| Ethiopia | 84 (2007) |
| European Union | 3,393 (2006) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 6 (2007) |
| Faroe Islands | 1 (2007) |
| Fiji | 28 (2007) |
| Finland | 148 (2007) |
| France | 476 (2007) |
| French Polynesia | 54 (2007) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 4 (one each on Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the Iles Eparses district) (2006) |
| Gabon | 53 (2007) |
| Gambia, The | 1 (2007) |
| Gaza Strip | 2 (2007) |
| Georgia | 23 (2007) |
| Germany | 550 (2007) |
| Ghana | 12 (2007) |
| Gibraltar | 1 (2007) |
| Greece | 81 (2007) |
| Greenland | 14 (2007) |
| Grenada | 3 (2007) |
| Guam | 5 (2007) |
| Guatemala | 402 (2007) |
| Guernsey | 2 (2007) |
| Guinea | 16 (2007) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 27 (2007) |
| Guyana | 93 (2007) |
| Haiti | 14 (2007) |
| Honduras | 112 (2007) |
| Hong Kong | 2 (2007) |
| Hungary | 46 (2007) |
| Iceland | 99 (2007) |
| India | 346 (2007) |
| Indonesia | 652 (2007) |
| Iran | 331 (2007) |
| Iraq | 110 (2007) |
| Ireland | 34 (2007) |
| Isle of Man | 1 (2007) |
| Israel | 53 (2007) |
| Italy | 132 (2007) |
| Jamaica | 34 (2007) |
| Jan Mayen | 1 (2007) |
| Japan | 176 (2007) |
| Jersey | 1 (2007) |
| Jordan | 17 (2007) |
| Kazakhstan | 97 (2007) |
| Kenya | 225 (2007) |
| Kiribati | 19 (2007) |
| Korea, North | 77 (2007) |
| Korea, South | 105 (2007) |
| Kosovo | 10 (2008) |
| Kosovo | 10 (2008) |
| Kuwait | 7 (2007) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 30 (2007) |
| Laos | 42 (2007) |
| Latvia | 42 (2007) |
| Lebanon | 7 (2007) |
| Lesotho | 28 (2007) |
| Liberia | 53 (2007) |
| Libya | 141 (2007) |
| Lithuania | 87 (2007) |
| Luxembourg | 2 (2007) |
| Macau | 1 (2007) |
| Macedonia | 17 (2007) |
| Madagascar | 104 (2007) |
| Malawi | 39 (2007) |
| Malaysia | 116 (2007) |
| Maldives | 5 (2007) |
| Mali | 29 (2007) |
| Malta | 1 (2007) |
| Marshall Islands | 15 (2007) |
| Mauritania | 25 (2007) |
| Mauritius | 5 (2007) |
| Mayotte | 1 (2007) |
| Mexico | 1,834 (2007) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 6 (2007) |
| Moldova | 10 (2007) |
| Mongolia | 44 (2007) |
| Montenegro | 5 (2007) |
| Montserrat | 2 (2007) |
| Morocco | 60 (2007) |
| Mozambique | 147 (2007) |
| Namibia | 137 (2007) |
| Nauru | 1 (2007) |
| Nepal | 47 (2007) |
| Netherlands | 27 (2007) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 5 (2007) |
| New Caledonia | 25 (2007) |
| New Zealand | 121 (2007) |
| Nicaragua | 163 (2007) |
| Niger | 28 (2007) |
| Nigeria | 70 (2007) |
| Niue | 1 (2007) |
| Norfolk Island | 1 (2007) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 5 (2007) |
| Norway | 98 (2007) |
| Oman | 137 (2007) |
| Pakistan | 146 (2007) |
| Palau | 3 (2007) |
| Panama | 116 (2007) |
| Papua New Guinea | 578 (2007) |
| Paracel Islands | 1 (2007) |
| Paraguay | 838 (2007) |
| Peru | 237 (2007) |
| Philippines | 255 (2007) |
| Poland | 123 (2007) |
| Portugal | 66 (2007) |
| Puerto Rico | 29 (2007) |
| Qatar | 5 (2007) |
| Romania | 61 (2007) |
| Russia | 1,260 (2007) |
| Rwanda | 9 (2007) |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 |
| Saint Helena | 1 (2007) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 (2007) |
| Saint Lucia | 2 (2007) |
| Saint Martin | 1 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 (2007) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 (2007) |
| Samoa | 4 (2007) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2 (2007) |
| Saudi Arabia | 213 (2007) |
| Senegal | 20 (2007) |
| Serbia | 39 (note - includes Kosovo) (2007) |
| Seychelles | 15 (2007) |
| Sierra Leone | 10 (2007) |
| Singapore | 8 (2007) |
| Slovakia | 35 (2007) |
| Slovenia | 14 (2007) |
| Solomon Islands | 35 (2007) |
| Somalia | 67 (2007) |
| South Africa | 728 (2007) |
| Spain | 154 (2007) |
| Spratly Islands | 3 (2007) |
| Sri Lanka | 18 (2007) |
| Sudan | 101 (2007) |
| Suriname | 50 (2007) |
| Svalbard | 4 (2007) |
| Swaziland | 18 (2007) |
| Sweden | 250 (2007) |
| Switzerland | 65 (2007) |
| Syria | 90 (2007) |
| Taiwan | 41 (2007) |
| Tajikistan | 26 (2007) |
| Tanzania | 124 (2007) |
| Thailand | 106 (2007) |
| Timor-Leste | 8 (2007) |
| Togo | 9 (2007) |
| Tonga | 6 (2007) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 (2007) |
| Tunisia | 30 (2007) |
| Turkey | 117 (2007) |
| Turkmenistan | 28 (2007) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 (2007) |
| Tuvalu | 1 (2007) |
| Uganda | 32 (2007) |
| Ukraine | 437 (2007) |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 (2007) |
| United Kingdom | 449 (2007) |
| United States | 14,947 (2007) |
| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained 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 Midway Islands: 3 - one operational (2,409 m paved); no fuel for sale except emergencies Palmyra Atoll: 1 - 1,846 m unpaved runway; privately owned (2006) |
| Uruguay | 60 (2007) |
| Uzbekistan | 54 (2007) |
| Vanuatu | 31 (2007) |
| Venezuela | 390 (2007) |
| Vietnam | 44 (2007) |
| Virgin Islands | 2 (2007) |
| Wake Island | 1 (2007) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2 (2007) |
| West Bank | 3 (2007) |
| Western Sahara | 9 (2007) |
| World | total airports - 49,024 top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134; London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066; Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt - 52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016 top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis - 3,692,081; Hong Kong - 3,609,780; Anchorage - 2,691,395; Seoul - 2,336,572; Tokyo - 2,280,830; Shanghai - 2,168,122; Paris - 2,130,724; Frankfurt - 2,127,646; Louisville (US) - 1,983,032; Singapore - 1,931,881 (2006) |
| Yemen | 50 (2007) |
| Zambia | 107 (2007) |
| Zimbabwe | 341 (2007) |
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