The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992, the latest with this field Communications

Civil air In 3 editions of 36.

Civil air was published in 3 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 1992. The 1992 edition carries it in 199 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1992 edition
199
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
1992

Published as “Civil air” (1990 to 1992).

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Entries with Civil air in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

14,500-16,000 major transport aircraft with gross take-off weight of 9,000 kg (20,000 lbs) or more (1992 est.)

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

42 major transport aircraft

Angola

28 major transport aircraft

Benin

no major transport aircraft

Botswana

5 major transport aircraft

Burkina now Burkina Faso

2 major transport aircraft

Burundi

no major transport aircraft

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

3 major transport aircraft

Cameroon

5 major transport aircraft

Central African Republic

2 major transport aircraft

Chad

3 major transport aircraft

Comoros

1 major transport aircraft

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

45 major transport aircraft

Congo now Republic of the Congo

4 major transport aircraft

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

14 major transport aircraft, including multinationally owned Air Afrique fleet

Djibouti

1 major transport aircraft

Egypt

50 major transport aircraft

Equatorial Guinea

1 major transport aircraft

Swaziland now Eswatini

4 major transport aircraft

Ethiopia

25 major transport aircraft

Gabon

15 major transport aircraft

The Gambia

4 major transport aircraft

Ghana

8 major transport aircraft

Guinea

10 major transport aircraft

Guinea-Bissau

2 major transport aircraft

Kenya

19 major transport aircraft

Lesotho

1 major transport aircraft

Liberia

1 major transport aircraft

Libya

59 major transport aircraft

Madagascar

8 major transport aircraft

Malawi

5 major transport aircraft

Mali

no major transport aircraft

Mauritania

3 major transport aircraft

Mauritius

7 major transport aircraft

Mayotte

no major transport aircraft

Morocco

28 major transport aircraft

Mozambique

7 major transport aircraft

Namibia

NA major transport aircraft

Niger

2 major transport aircraft

Nigeria

57 major transport aircraft

Reunion

3 major transport aircraft

Rwanda

2 major transport aircraft

Sao Tome and Principe

10 major transport aircraft

Senegal

3 major transport aircraft

Seychelles

1 major transport aircraft

Sierra Leone

no major transport aircraft

Somalia

1 major transport aircraft

South Africa

90 major transport aircraft

Sudan

18 major transport aircraft

Tanzania

8 major transport aircraft

Togo

3 major transport aircraft

Tunisia

19 major transport aircraft

Uganda

6 major transport aircraft

Zambia

12 major transport aircraft

Zimbabwe

12 major transport aircraft

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

2 major transport aircraft

Iceland

20 major transport aircraft

Asia

21 entries

Afghanistan

2 Tu-154, 2 Boeing 727, 4 Yak-40, assorted smaller transports

Armenia

none

Azerbaijan

none

Bangladesh

15 major transport aircraft

Bhutan

1 jet, 2 prop

China

284 major transport aircraft (1988 est.)

Georgia

NA major transport aircraft

India

93 major transport aircraft

Japan

360 major transport aircraft

Kazakhstan

NA major transport aircraft

Korea, South now South Korea

93 major transport aircraft

Kyrgyzstan

NA

Maldives

1 major transport aircraft

Mongolia

25 major transport aircraft

Nepal

5 major and 11 minor transport aircraft

Pakistan

40 major transport aircraft

Russia

NA major transport aircraft

Sri Lanka

8 major transport (including 1 leased)

Tajikistan

NA

Turkmenistan

NA

Uzbekistan

NA

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

Anguilla

no major transport aircraft

Antigua and Barbuda

11 major transport aircraft

Aruba

Air Aruba has a fleet of 3 intermediate-range Boeing aircraft

The Bahamas

11 major transport aircraft

Barbados

no major transport aircraft

Belize

2 major transport aircraft

Cayman Islands

2 major transport aircraft

Costa Rica

11 major transport aircraft

Cuba

88 major transport aircraft

Dominica

NA

Dominican Republic

23 major transport aircraft

El Salvador

7 major transport aircraft

Grenada

no major transport aircraft

Guadeloupe

2 major transport aircraft

Guatemala

8 major transport aircraft

Haiti

12 major transport aircraft

Honduras

6 major transport aircraft

Jamaica

8 major transport aircraft

Martinique

no major transport aircraft

Netherlands Antilles

8 major transport aircraft

Nicaragua

9 major transport aircraft

Panama

5 major transport aircraft

Saint Kitts and Nevis

no major transport aircraft

Saint Lucia

no major transport aircraft

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

no major transport aircraft

Trinidad and Tobago

14 major transport aircraft

Turks and Caicos Islands

Air Turks and Caicos (passenger service) and Turks Air Ltd. (cargo service)

Europe

36 entries

Austria

25 major transport aircraft

Belarus

NA major transport aircraft

Belgium

47 major transport aircraft

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA major transport aircraft

Bulgaria

86 major transport aircraft

Croatia

NA major transport aircraft

Czechoslovakia

47 major transport aircraft

Denmark

69 major transport aircraft

Estonia

NA major transport aircraft

Finland

42 major transport

France

195 major transport aircraft (1989 est.)

Germany

239 major transport aircraft

Gibraltar

1 major transport aircraft

Greece

39 major transport aircraft

Hungary

28 major transport aircraft

Ireland

23 major transport aircraft

Italy

125 major transport aircraft

Latvia

NA major transport aircraft

Liechtenstein

no transport aircraft

Lithuania

NA

Luxembourg

13 major transport aircraft

Malta

7 major transport aircraft

Moldova

NA major transport aircraft

Monaco

no major transport aircraft

Netherlands

98 major transport aircraft

Norway

76 major transport aircraft

Poland

48 major transport aircraft

Portugal

43 major transport aircraft

Romania

59 major transport aircraft

Serbia and Montenegro

NA

Slovenia

NA major transport aircraft

Spain

210 major transport aircraft

Sweden

115 major transports

Switzerland

89 major transport aircraft

Ukraine

NA major transport aircraft

United Kingdom

618 major transport aircraft

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

27 major transport aircraft

Cyprus

11 major transport aircraft (Greek Cypriots); 2 (Turkish Cypriots)

Iran

48 major transport aircraft

Iraq

34 major transport aircraft (including 7 grounded in Iran; excluding 12 IL-76s and 7 Kuwait Airlines)

Israel

32 major transport aircraft

Jordan

23 major transport aircraft

Kuwait

9 major transport aircraft

Lebanon

19 major transport aircraft

Oman

19 major transport aircraft

Qatar

3 major transport aircraft

Saudi Arabia

104 major transport aircraft available

Syria

35 major transport aircraft

Turkey now Turkiye

52 major transport aircraft (1991)

United Arab Emirates

10 major transport aircraft

Yemen

11 major transport aircraft

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

16 major transport aircraft

Canada

636 major transport aircraft; Air Canada is the major carrier

Mexico

186 major transport aircraft

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

no major transport aircraft

United States

8,252 commercial multiengine transport aircraft (weighing 9,000 kg and over) including 6,036 jet, 831 turboprop, 1,382 piston (December 1989)

Oceania

14 entries

Australia

about 150 major transport aircraft

Cook Islands

no major transport aircraft

Fiji

1 DC-3 and 1 light aircraft

French Polynesia

about 6 major transport aircraft

Kiribati

2 Trislanders; no major transport aircraft

Nauru

3 major transport aircraft, one on order

New Caledonia

1 major transport aircraft

New Zealand

about 40 major transport aircraft

Papua New Guinea

about 15 major transport aircraft

Western Samoa now Samoa

3 major transport aircraft

Solomon Islands

no major transport aircraft

Tonga

no major transport aircraft

Tuvalu

no major transport aircraft

Vanuatu

no major transport aircraft

South America

14 entries

Argentina

56 major transport aircraft

Bolivia

56 major transport aircraft

Brazil

198 major transport aircraft

Chile

29 major transport aircraft

Colombia

83 major transport aircraft

Ecuador

23 major transport aircraft

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

no major transport aircraft

French Guiana

no major transport aircraft

Guyana

3 major transport aircraft

Paraguay

9 major transport aircraft

Peru

44 major transport aircraft

Suriname

1 major transport aircraft

Uruguay

11 major transport aircraft

Venezuela

56 major transport aircraft

Southeast Asia

10 entries

Brunei

4 major transport aircraft (3 Boeing 757-200, 1 Boeing 737-200)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

17 major transport aircraft (including 3 helicopters)

Hong Kong

16 major transport aircraft

Indonesia

about 216 commercial transport aircraft

Macau

no major transport aircraft

Malaysia

53 major transport aircraft

Philippines

53 major transport aircraft

Singapore

38 major transport aircraft (est.)

Thailand

41 (plus 2 leased) major transport aircraft

Vietnam

controlled by military

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Civil air”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/civil-air.

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