The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992 Communications

Airports In 36 editions of 36.

Airports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1992 edition carries it in 246 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1992 edition
246
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Airports” (1990 to 2025), and under 2 other headings in a few entries, mostly where the source split this field into parts.

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Africa

60 entries

Algeria

  • 141 total, 124 usable;
  • 53 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 32 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Angola

  • 309 total, 177 usable;
  • 30 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 54 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Benin

  • 6 total, 5 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Botswana

  • 100 total, 87 unable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Burkina now Burkina Faso

  • 48 total, 38 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Burundi

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cameroon

  • 56 total, 50 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Central African Republic

  • 66 total, 52 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Chad

  • 71 total, 55 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Comoros

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 284 total, 239 usable;
  • 24 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 73 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Congo now Republic of the Congo

  • 46 total, 42 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

  • 45 total, 39 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Djibouti

  • 13 total, 11 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Egypt

  • 92 total, 82 usable;
  • 66 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 44 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 24 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Equatorial Guinea

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • 23 total, 21 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surfaced runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ethiopia

  • 123 total, 86 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 38 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Europa Island

1 with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

Gabon

  • 70 total, 59 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

The Gambia

1 with permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 m

Ghana

  • 10 total, 9 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Glorioso Islands

1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guinea

  • 15 total, 15 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guinea-Bissau

  • 34 total, 15 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Juan de Nova Island

1 with non-permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Kenya

  • 249 total, 214 usable;
  • 21 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 46 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Lesotho

  • 28 total, 28 usable;
  • 3 with permanent surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Liberia

  • 66 total, 49 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Libya

  • 133 total, 120 usable;
  • 53 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 9 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 28 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 46 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Madagascar

  • 148 total, 103 usable;
  • 30 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 34 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Malawi

  • 48 total, 43 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mali

  • 35 total, 27 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mauritania

  • 28 total, 28 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mauritius

  • 5 total, 4 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mayotte

1 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Morocco

  • 75 total, 67 usable;
  • 26 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mozambique

  • 195 total, 137 usable;
  • 27 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 26 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Namibia

  • 137 total, 112 usable;
  • 21 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 63 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Niger

  • 29 total, 27 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nigeria

  • 76 total, 64 usable;
  • 33 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Reunion

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

Rwanda

  • 8 total, 8 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m;2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

1 with permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 m on Ascension

Sao Tome and Principe

2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Senegal

  • 25 total, 19 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Seychelles

  • 14 total, 14 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sierra Leone

  • 12 total, 7 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Somalia

  • 53 total, 40 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

South Africa

  • 901 total, 732 usable;
  • 132 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 5 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 224 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sudan

  • 72 total, 57 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tanzania

  • 104 total, 94 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3, 659 m;
  • 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Togo

  • 9 total, 9 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tromelin Island

1 with runway less than 1,220 m

Tunisia

  • 29 total, 26 usable;
  • 13 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Uganda

  • 35 total, 27 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Western Sahara

  • 13 total, 13 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Zambia

  • 117 total, 104 usable;
  • 13 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Zimbabwe

  • 491 total, 401 usable;
  • 22 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 32 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Antarctic Region

2 entries

Antarctica

  • 41 airport facilities at different locations operated by 14 national governments party to the Treaty;
  • one additional air facility operated by commercial (nongovernmental) tourist organization;
  • helicopter pads at 28 of these locations;
  • runways at 9 locations are gravel, sea ice, glacier ice, or compacted snow surface suitable for wheeled fixed-wing aircraft;
  • no paved runways;
  • 16 locations have snow-surface skiways limited to use by ski-equipped planes - 9 runways/skiways 1,000 to 3,000 m, 4 runways/skiways less than 1,000 m, 5 runways/skiways greater than 3,000 m, and 7 of unspecified or variable length;
  • airports generally subject to severe restrictions and limitations resulting from extreme seasonal and geographic conditions

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • 5 total, 5 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

  • 11 total, 8 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Iceland

  • 94 total, 89 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jan Mayen

1 with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

Svalbard

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

  • 41 total, 37 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Armenia

  • NA total, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Azerbaijan

NA

Bangladesh

  • 16 total, 12 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bhutan

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

British Indian Ocean Territory

1 with permanent-surface runways over 3,659 m on Diego Garcia

China

  • 330 total, 330 usable;
  • 260 with permanent-surface runways;
  • fewer than 10 with runways over 3,500 m;
  • 90 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 200 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Georgia

  • NA total, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

India

  • 341 total, 288 usable;
  • 203 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 59 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 87 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Japan

  • 163 total, 158 usable;
  • 131 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 51 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Kazakhstan

NA

Korea, North now North Korea

  • 55 total, 55 usable (est.);
  • about 30 with permanent-surface runways;
  • fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Korea, South now South Korea

  • 105 total, 97 usable;
  • 60 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Kyrgyzstan

NA

Maldives

2 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Mongolia

  • 81 total, 31 usable;
  • 11 with permanent-surface runways;
  • fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • fewer than 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nepal

  • 37 total, 37 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Pakistan

  • 112 total, 104 usable;
  • 75 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Russia

  • NA total, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sri Lanka

  • 14 total, 13 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tajikistan

NA

Turkmenistan

NA

Uzbekistan

NA

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

3 total, 3 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways of 1,100 m (Wallblake Airport)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways less than 1,220 m

Aruba

government-owned airport east of Oranjestad accepts transatlantic flights

The Bahamas

  • 59 total, 54 usable;
  • 30 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3, 659 m;
  • 26 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Barbados

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Belize

  • 44 total, 34 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

British Virgin Islands

3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways less than 1,220 m

Cayman Islands

  • 3 total;
  • 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Costa Rica

  • 164 total, 149 usable;
  • 28 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cuba

  • 189 total, 167 usable;
  • 73 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Dominica

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Dominican Republic

  • 36 total, 30 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

El Salvador

  • 107 total, 77 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Grenada

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guadeloupe

  • 9 total, 9 usable, 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guatemala

  • 448 total, 400 usable;
  • 11 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 19 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Haiti

  • 13 total, 10 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Honduras

  • 171 total, 133 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jamaica

  • 36 total, 23 usable;
  • 13 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Martinique

  • 2 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways less than 2,439 m

Montserrat

1 with permanent-surface runways 1,036 m

Netherlands Antilles

  • 7 total, 6 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nicaragua

  • 228 total, 155 usable;
  • 11 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Panama

  • 112 total, 102 usable;
  • 39 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Puerto Rico

  • 30 total;
  • 24 usable;
  • 19 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Lucia

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 6 total, 5 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • 7 total, 7 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Virgin Islands

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m;
  • international airports on Saint Thomas and Saint Croix

Europe

41 entries

Albania

  • 12 total, 10 usable;
  • more than 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • more than 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Austria

  • 55 total, 55 usable;
  • 20 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Belarus

NA

Belgium

  • 42 total, 42 usable;
  • 24 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 2 main, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bulgaria

  • 380 total, 380 usable;
  • about 120 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Croatia

  • 8 total, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 900 m

Czechoslovakia

  • 158 total, 158 usable;
  • 40 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 19 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 37 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Denmark

  • 121 total, 108 usable;
  • 27 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Estonia

  • NA total, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Faroe Islands

1 with permanent surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Finland

  • 159 total, 156 usable;
  • 58 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

France

  • 472 total, 460 usable;
  • 251 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 36 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 136 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Germany

  • 462 total, 455 usable;
  • 242 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 4 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 40 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 55 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Gibraltar

1 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Greece

  • 77 total, 77 usable;
  • 77 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 19 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Hungary

  • 90 total, 90 usable;
  • 20 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ireland

  • 36 total, 35 usable;
  • 17 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

1 total; 1 usable with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Italy

  • 137 total, 134 usable;
  • 91 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 36 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 39 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jersey

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (Saint Peter)

Latvia

  • NA total, NA usable;
  • NA with permanent-surface runways;
  • NA with runways over 3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Liechtenstein

none

Lithuania

NA

Luxembourg

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways less than 1,220 m

Malta

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Moldova

NA

Monaco

1 usable airfield with permanent-surface runways

Netherlands

  • 28 total, 28 usable;
  • 19 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 11 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Macedonia now North Macedonia

2 main

Norway

  • 103 total, 102 usable;
  • 64 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Poland

  • 160 total, 160 usable;
  • 85 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway over 3,659 m;
  • 35 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Portugal

  • 65 total, 62 usable;
  • 36 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Romania

  • 165 total, 165 usable;
  • 25 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 15 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Serbia and Montenegro

NA

Slovenia

3 main airports

Spain

  • 105 total, 99 usable;
  • 60 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 4 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sweden

  • 254 total, 252 usable;
  • 139 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 94 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Switzerland

  • 66 total, 65 usable;
  • 42 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ukraine

NA

United Kingdom

  • 498 total, 385 usable;
  • 249 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 37 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 133 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cyprus

  • 14 total, 14 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Gaza Strip

1 with permanent-surface runway less than 1,220 m

Iran

  • 214 total, 188 usable;
  • 81 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 16 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 71 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Iraq

  • 113 total, 98 usable;
  • 73 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 8 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 52 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Israel

  • 51 total, 44 usable;
  • 26 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jordan

  • 19 total, 15 usable;
  • 14 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Kuwait

  • 7 total, 4 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Lebanon

  • 9 total, 8 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m;
  • none under the direct control of the Lebanese Government

Oman

  • 134 total, 127 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 73 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Qatar

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • none with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saudi Arabia

  • 211 total, 191 usable;
  • 70 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 14 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 37 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 105 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Syria

  • 104 total, 100 usable;
  • 24 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 21 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 109 total, 104 usable;
  • 65 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

United Arab Emirates

  • 37 total, 34 usable;
  • 20 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 7 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

West Bank

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Yemen

  • 46 total, 40 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Canada

  • 1,416 total, 1,168 usable;
  • 455 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 4 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 338 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mexico

  • 1,815 total, 1,505 usable;
  • 200 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 284 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways, none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

United States

  • 14,177 total, 12,417 usable;
  • 4,820 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 63 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 325 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2,524 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Oceania

32 entries

American Samoa

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440 to 3,659 m (international airport at Tafuna, near Pago Pago);
  • small airstrips on Ta'u and Ofu

Australia

  • 481 total, 440 usable;
  • 237 with permanent-surface runways, 1 with runway over 3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 268 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Baker Island

1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m

Cook Islands

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Fiji

  • 25 total, 22 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

French Polynesia

  • 43 total, 41 usable;
  • 23 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guam

  • 5 total, 4 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

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

Johnston Atoll

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,743 m

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 total;
  • 20 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Marshall Islands

  • 17 total, 16 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • 6 total, 5 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439

Midway Islands

  • 3 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nauru

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

New Caledonia

  • 29 total, 27 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

New Zealand

  • 118 total, 118 usable;
  • 34 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Niue

1 with permanent-surface runway of 1,650 m

Norfolk Island

1 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m (Australian owned)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • 6 total, 4 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Palmyra Atoll

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Papua New Guinea

  • 503 total, 460 usable;
  • 18 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 39 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Pitcairn Islands

none

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Solomon Islands

  • 33 total, 30 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tokelau

none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa

Tonga

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tuvalu

1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

Vanuatu

  • 33 total, 31 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Wake Island

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Wallis and Futuna

  • 2 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • 1,702 total, 1,473 usable;
  • 137 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 326 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bolivia

  • 1,105 total, 943 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 146 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Brazil

  • 3,563 total, 2,911 usable;
  • 420 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 2,240-3,659 m;
  • 550 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Chile

  • 390 total, 349 usable;
  • 48 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 58 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Colombia

  • 1,167 total, 1,023 usable;
  • 70 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 191 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ecuador

  • 143 total, 142 usable;
  • 43 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • 5 total, 5 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

French Guiana

  • 10 total, 10 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guyana

  • 54 total, 49 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • none with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Paraguay

  • 845 total, 716 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 0 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 66 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Peru

  • 221 total, 201 usable;
  • 36 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Suriname

  • 46 total, 40 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Uruguay

  • 90 total, 83 usable;
  • 16 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Venezuela

  • 308 total, 287 usable;
  • 135 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 88 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Southeast Asia

17 entries

Brunei

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runway 1,406 m

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • 85 total, 82 usable;
  • 27 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 38 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cambodia

  • 16 total, 8 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Christmas Island

1 usable with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Cocos Islands now Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1 airfield with permanent-surface runway, 1,220-2,439 m; airport on West Island is a link in service between Australia and South Africa

Hong Kong

  • 2 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Indonesia

  • 437 total, 410 usable;
  • 114 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 64 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Laos

  • 57 total, 47 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Macau

none useable, 1 under construction; 1 seaplane station

Malaysia

  • 115 total, 108 usable;
  • 33 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Paracel Islands

1 on Woody Island

Philippines

  • 278 total, 244 usable;
  • 72 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 53 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Singapore

  • 10 total, 10 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Spratly Islands

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Taiwan

  • 40 total, 39 usable;
  • 36 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Thailand

  • 115 total, 97 usable;
  • 50 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 28 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Vietnam

  • 100 total, 100 usable;
  • 50 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Airports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/airports/1992.

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