The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 Transportation
Airports In 36 editions of 36.
Airports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2006 edition carries it in 240 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2006 edition
- 240
- 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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World
1 entryAfrica
58 entriesSaint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
1
note: Wideawake Field on Ascension Island (2006)
Antarctic Region
1 entryAntarctica
20
note: there are no developed public access airports or landing facilities; 28 stations or remote field locations, operated by 11 National Antarctic Programs from nations party to the Antarctic Treaty, have restricted aircraft landing facilities comprising a total of 11 runways and 22 skiways for fixed-wing aircraft; some stations have both runways and skiways; commercial enterprises operate two aircraft landing facilities at one station; helicopter pads are available at all 37 year-round and 15 seasonal stations operated by National Antarctic Programs; the 11 runways are suitable for wheeled, fixed-wing aircraft: three are gravel, four blue-ice, two sea-ice and two compacted snow; of these, five are 3 km in length, two are between 2 km and 3 km in length, three are between 1 km and 2 km in length and one is less than 1 km in length; the 22 snow surface skiways are limited to use by ski-equipped, fixed-wing aircraft; of these, three are equal to or greater than 3 km in length, one is between 2 km and 3 km in length, nine are between 1 km and 2 km in length, five are less than 1 km in length, and four are of unknown or variable length; snow surface skiways are generally prepared and maintained during specific periods only and during summer; all aircraft landing facilities 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 using their facilities; landed aircraft are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty; guidelines for the operation of aircraft near concentrations of birds in Antarctica were adopted in 2004; relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by states party to the Antarctic Treaty regulating access to the Antarctic Treaty area, that is to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees of latitude South, have to be complied with (see information under "Legal System"); an Antarctic Flight Information Manual (AFIM) providing up-to-date details of Antarctic air facilities and procedures is maintained and published by the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (2006)
Arctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesCentral America and the Caribbean
31 entriesEurope
43 entriesMiddle East
17 entriesGaza Strip
2
note: includes Gaza International Airport closed since its runway was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001 (2006)
North America
5 entriesOceania
25 entriesUnited 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:
- 1 - 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)
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
18 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Airports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/airports/2006.