Number of Airports by Country (2026)

The number of airports a country has depends on many things: how large it is, how many people live there, how its communities are spread out, and what role air travel plays in connecting them. Some countries have thousands of airports. Others have one or two. The data comes from the OurAirports database and covers 238 countries and territories, with a total of 47,970 airports classified as large, medium, or small.

Across the world, the vast majority of these facilities are small airports. Medium and large airports make up a much smaller share of the total.

Countries With the Most Airports

The United States has 16,169 airports — more than any other country by a wide margin. Of these, 95 are classified as large, 822 as medium, and 15,252 as small. Small airports account for the overwhelming majority of the country's total.

Brazil ranks second with 5,656 airports, including 28 large and 110 medium. Australia follows with 2,279 airports (16 large, 177 medium).

Mexico (1,578), Canada (1,501), France (1,190), the United Kingdom (1,055), Russia (942), Germany (843), and Argentina (803) round out the top ten.

Number of Airports by Country (2026)

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#	Country	Number of Airports
1	United States US	16,169
2	Brazil BR	5,656
3	Australia AU	2,279
4	Mexico MX	1578
5	Canada CA	1501
6	France FR	1190
7	United Kingdom GB	1055
8	Russia RU	942
9	Germany DE	843
10	Argentina AR	803
11	Colombia CO	662
12	Italy IT	655
13	Indonesia ID	623
14	South Africa ZA	582
15	China CN	573
16	Papua New Guinea PG	572
17	Venezuela VE	519
18	Chile CL	380
19	Spain ES	365
20	Kenya KE	344
21	Poland PL	327
22	Ecuador EC	320
23	India IN	318
24	Namibia NA	294
25	Japan JP	279
26	DR Congo CD	269
27	Czech Republic CZ	265
28	Philippines PH	244
29	Sweden SE	208
30	New Zealand NZ	207
31	Tanzania TZ	206
32	Bolivia BO	202
33	Iran IR	183
34	Peru PE	174
35	Ukraine UA	149
36	Norway NO	147
37	Zimbabwe ZW	147
38	Costa Rica CR	132
39	Honduras HN	130
40	Portugal PT	129
41	Botswana BW	127
42	Zambia ZM	123
43	Cuba CU	120
44	Slovakia SK	116
45	Türkiye TR	116
46	Pakistan PK	115
47	Angola AO	112
48	Hungary HU	111
49	Kazakhstan KZ	110
50	Romania RO	110
51	Bulgaria BG	108
52	Thailand TH	106
53	Denmark DK	102
54	Ireland IE	102
55	Malaysia MY	100
56	Algeria DZ	98
57	Finland FI	98
58	South Korea KR	98
59	South Sudan SS	97
60	Madagascar MG	93
61	Mozambique MZ	93
62	Saudi Arabia SA	89
63	Paraguay PY	85
64	Greece GR	82
65	North Korea KP	79
66	Iceland IS	77
67	Panama PA	76
68	Libya LY	75
69	Myanmar MM	74
70	Egypt EG	72
71	Iraq IQ	69
72	Afghanistan AF	68
73	Switzerland CH	68
74	Uruguay UY	65
75	Austria AT	64
76	Lithuania LT	62
77	Uzbekistan UZ	61
78	Guyana GY	59
79	Ethiopia ET	58
80	Guatemala GT	58
81	Congo CG	56
82	Suriname SR	56
83	Taiwan TW	56
84	Bahamas BS	54
85	Latvia LV	54
86	French Polynesia PF	54
87	Croatia HR	53
88	Nigeria NG	51
89	Nepal NP	50
90	Belgium BE	49
91	Burkina Faso BF	49
92	Chad TD	47
93	Serbia RS	46
94	Belarus BY	45
95	Sudan SD	44
96	Cameroon CM	44
97	Syria SY	44
98	Central African Republic CF	43
99	Gabon GA	43
100	United Arab Emirates AE	42
101	Slovenia SI	42
102	Netherlands NL	41
103	Somalia SO	40
104	Uganda UG	40
105	Yemen YE	39
106	Israel IL	39
107	Nicaragua NI	39
108	Oman OM	37
109	Mongolia MN	37
110	Solomon Islands SB	36
111	Morocco MA	36
112	Vietnam VN	36
113	Estonia EE	34
114	Falkland Islands FK	34
115	Lesotho LS	34
116	Marshall Islands MH	33
117	Azerbaijan AZ	33
118	Dominican Republic DO	32
119	Vanuatu VU	31
120	Mali ML	30
121	Ivory Coast CI	29
122	Belize BZ	28
123	Malawi MW	27
124	El Salvador SV	27
125	Niger NE	26
126	Fiji FJ	26
127	Greenland GL	25
128	Mauritania MR	25
129	Turkmenistan TM	23
130	New Caledonia NC	21
131	Kiribati KI	21
132	Puerto Rico PR	20
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	20
134	Maldives MV	20
135	Georgia GE	20
136	Senegal SN	20
137	Jamaica JM	20
138	Kyrgyzstan KG	20
139	Laos LA	20
140	Tajikistan TJ	20
141	Liberia LR	19
142	Eritrea ER	19
143	Jordan JO	18
144	Sri Lanka LK	18
145	Bangladesh BD	17
146	Seychelles SC	17
147	Guinea GN	17
148	Haiti HT	17
149	Eswatini SZ	16
150	Cyprus CY	15
151	Tunisia TN	14
152	Western Sahara EH	14
153	French Guiana GF	14
154	North Macedonia MK	13
155	Cambodia KH	12
156	Armenia AM	11
157	Ghana GH	11
158	Timor-Leste TL	11
159	Moldova MD	11
160	Benin BJ	10
161	Djibouti DJ	10
162	Guinea-Bissau GW	10
163	Cook Islands CK	10
164	Cape Verde CV	9
165	Turks and Caicos Islands TC	9
166	Singapore SG	9
167	Sierra Leone SL	8
168	Rwanda RW	8
169	Togo TG	7
170	Equatorial Guinea GQ	7
171	Micronesia FM	7
172	Réunion RE	7
173	Kuwait KW	7
174	Lebanon LB	7
175	Qatar QA	7
176	Burundi BI	6
177	Tonga TO	6
178	Guadeloupe GP	6
179	Mauritius MU	5
180	Montenegro ME	5
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	5
182	Isle of Man IM	4
183	Samoa WS	4
184	Northern Mariana Islands MP	4
185	Bhutan BT	4
186	Antigua and Barbuda AG	3
187	Palau PW	3
188	Luxembourg LU	3
189	Comoros KM	3
190	Guam GU	3
191	Albania AL	3
192	Cayman Islands KY	3
193	American Samoa AS	3
194	Bahrain BH	3
195	Trinidad and Tobago TT	3
196	British Virgin Islands VG	3
197	Kosovo XK	2
198	Guernsey GG	2
199	Sao Tome and Principe ST	2
200	Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM	2
201	Wallis and Futuna WF	2
202	Dominica DM	2
203	Grenada GD	2
204	US Virgin Islands VI	2
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	2
206	Saint Lucia LC	2
207	Hong Kong HK	2
208	Brunei BN	2
209	Nauru NR	1
210	Jersey JE	1
211	Faroe Islands FO	1
212	Mayotte YT	1
213	Gambia GM	1
214	San Marino SM	1
215	Malta MT	1
216	Gibraltar GI	1
217	Tuvalu TV	1
218	Niue NU	1
219	Barbados BB	1
220	Martinique MQ	1
221	Saint Martin MF	1
222	Saint Barthélemy BL	1
223	Aruba AW	1
224	Curaçao CW	1
225	Sint Maarten SX	1
226	Bermuda BM	1
227	Macau MO	1

Countries With the Most Large Airports

The United States also leads in large airports with 95. China is second with 69 large airports, followed by Russia (44) and India (43). Mexico and Japan are tied at 29 each, then Brazil (28), Italy (25), Germany (22), and Spain (21). China stands out here, with 69 large airports among its 573 total.

Countries With the Most Medium Airports

The United States has 822 medium airports, far more than any other country. China follows with 266, then Canada (237) and Russia (211). Australia (177), France (118), Brazil (110), and India (96) also rank high. Canada and Russia stand out for having particularly large numbers of medium airports in the dataset.

Countries With the Most Small Airports

Small airports dominate the global total, and the ranking here closely mirrors the overall list. The United States has 15,252 small airports — more than the total number of airports in any other country. Brazil follows with 5,518, Australia with 2,086, and Mexico with 1,507. Canada (1,251), France (1,055), the United Kingdom (967), and Germany (768) are next. Papua New Guinea, with 551 small airports out of 572 total, is a notable example: almost all of its airports are classified as small.

Large, Medium, and Small Airports

The dataset groups airports into three categories: large, medium, and small. These classifications describe the airport type used in the OurAirports database and should not be interpreted as a direct measure of passenger traffic or scheduled commercial service.

The distribution between these categories varies significantly across countries. Vietnam (61%), Georgia (60%), and China (58%) have relatively high shares of large and medium airports. At the other end of the spectrum, Papua New Guinea has 572 airports but only 21 are classified as large or medium; the remaining 551 are small airports. Indonesia (623 airports, 19 large) and Kenya (344 airports, 4 large) show comparable patterns, where small airstrips make up the overwhelming majority.

The United States, despite having 95 large airports, still sees 94% of its total classified as small.

Airport Infrastructure Around the World

The global distribution of airports shown in the dataset reflects a combination of geography, history, and economic development. Large countries tend to have more airports, and countries with challenging terrain or widely dispersed populations often have higher numbers of small airstrips. The distribution of airports across countries can also vary with geography and the way populations are spread out.

Countries with highly centralized transport networks — especially smaller or more densely populated ones — tend to have fewer but larger facilities.

Number of Airports by Country (2026)

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#	Country	Large Airports	Medium Airports	Small Airports	Number of Airports
1	United States	95	822	15,252	16,169
2	Brazil	28	110	5,518	5,656
3	Australia	16	177	2086	2,279
4	Mexico	29	42	1507	1578
5	Canada	13	237	1251	1501
6	France	17	118	1055	1190
7	United Kingdom	17	71	967	1055
8	Russia	44	211	687	942
9	Germany	22	53	768	843
10	Argentina	13	60	730	803
11	Colombia	6	54	602	662
12	Italy	25	48	582	655
13	Indonesia	19	64	540	623
14	South Africa	11	51	520	582
15	China	69	266	238	573
16	Papua New Guinea	2	19	551	572
17	Venezuela	7	43	469	519
18	Chile	8	25	347	380
19	Spain	21	34	310	365
20	Kenya	4	14	326	344
21	Poland	11	16	300	327
22	Ecuador	4	13	303	320
23	India	43	96	179	318
24	Namibia	2	12	280	294
25	Japan	29	79	171	279
26	DR Congo	4	17	248	269
27	Czech Republic	5	9	251	265
28	Philippines	15	42	187	244
29	Sweden	11	34	163	208
30	New Zealand	4	34	169	207
31	Tanzania	4	8	194	206
32	Bolivia	6	14	182	202
33	Iran	15	49	119	183
34	Peru	9	22	143	174
35	Ukraine	5	27	117	149
36	Norway	10	33	104	147
37	Zimbabwe	3	6	138	147
38	Costa Rica	2	15	115	132
39	Honduras	3	5	122	130
40	Portugal	5	26	98	129
41	Botswana	4	3	120	127
42	Zambia	4	6	113	123
43	Cuba	6	19	95	120
44	Slovakia	1	6	109	116
45	Türkiye	17	48	51	116
46	Pakistan	11	28	76	115
47	Angola	2	20	90	112
48	Hungary	3	7	101	111
49	Kazakhstan	19	9	82	110
50	Romania	12	9	89	110
51	Bulgaria	4	5	99	108
52	Thailand	10	33	63	106
53	Denmark	5	12	85	102
54	Ireland	4	6	92	102
55	Malaysia	8	21	71	100
56	Algeria	12	27	59	98
57	Finland	10	21	67	98
58	South Korea	8	16	74	98
59	South Sudan	1	3	93	97
60	Madagascar	4	19	70	93
61	Mozambique	4	12	77	93
62	Saudi Arabia	17	23	49	89
63	Paraguay	3	11	71	85
64	Greece	9	20	53	82
65	North Korea	1	16	62	79
66	Iceland	2	11	64	77
67	Panama	1	7	68	76
68	Libya	4	9	62	75
69	Myanmar	3	19	52	74
70	Egypt	15	18	39	72
71	Iraq	6	24	39	69
72	Afghanistan	4	5	59	68
73	Switzerland	2	11	55	68
74	Uruguay	1	6	58	65
75	Austria	6	3	55	64
76	Lithuania	3	4	55	62
77	Uzbekistan	6	6	49	61
78	Guyana	1	3	55	59
79	Ethiopia	4	12	42	58
80	Guatemala	1	6	51	58
81	Congo	2	4	50	56
82	Suriname	1	0	55	56
83	Taiwan	7	13	36	56
84	Bahamas	3	25	26	54
85	Latvia	2	2	50	54
86	French Polynesia	1	25	28	54
87	Croatia	6	3	44	53
88	Nigeria	12	17	22	51
89	Nepal	3	6	41	50
90	Belgium	3	8	38	49
91	Burkina Faso	2	0	47	49
92	Chad	1	4	42	47
93	Serbia	2	3	41	46
94	Belarus	2	8	35	45
95	Sudan	2	8	34	44
96	Cameroon	3	7	34	44
97	Syria	2	8	34	44
98	Central African Republic	1	1	41	43
99	Gabon	2	9	32	43
100	United Arab Emirates	8	4	30	42
101	Slovenia	1	3	38	42
102	Netherlands	5	9	27	41
103	Somalia	3	2	35	40
104	Uganda	1	4	35	40
105	Yemen	5	6	28	39
106	Israel	2	7	30	39
107	Nicaragua	1	2	36	39
108	Oman	4	5	28	37
109	Mongolia	2	12	23	37
110	Solomon Islands	1	1	34	36
111	Morocco	12	7	17	36
112	Vietnam	8	14	14	36
113	Estonia	1	5	28	34
114	Falkland Islands	1	0	33	34
115	Lesotho	1	0	33	34
116	Marshall Islands	1	1	31	33
117	Azerbaijan	3	11	19	33
118	Dominican Republic	4	6	22	32
119	Vanuatu	1	3	27	31
120	Mali	2	3	25	30
121	Ivory Coast	2	5	22	29
122	Belize	1	8	19	28
123	Malawi	2	3	22	27
124	El Salvador	1	1	25	27
125	Niger	1	5	20	26
126	Fiji	2	1	23	26
127	Greenland	1	9	15	25
128	Mauritania	2	2	21	25
129	Turkmenistan	3	5	15	23
130	New Caledonia	1	8	12	21
131	Kiribati	2	2	17	21
132	Puerto Rico	1	8	11	20
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	16	20
134	Maldives	3	4	13	20
135	Georgia	3	9	8	20
136	Senegal	2	8	10	20
137	Jamaica	2	3	15	20
138	Kyrgyzstan	3	4	13	20
139	Laos	3	3	14	20
140	Tajikistan	4	3	13	20
141	Liberia	1	2	16	19
142	Eritrea	0	3	16	19
143	Jordan	3	2	13	18
144	Sri Lanka	3	7	8	18
145	Bangladesh	3	6	8	17
146	Seychelles	1	1	15	17
147	Guinea	1	0	16	17
148	Haiti	2	4	11	17
149	Eswatini	1	1	14	16
150	Cyprus	3	2	10	15
151	Tunisia	2	10	2	14
152	Western Sahara	2	2	10	14
153	French Guiana	1	3	10	14
154	North Macedonia	2	0	11	13
155	Cambodia	5	2	5	12
156	Armenia	2	1	8	11
157	Ghana	3	3	5	11
158	Timor-Leste	2	2	7	11
159	Moldova	1	4	6	11
160	Benin	1	0	9	10
161	Djibouti	1	0	9	10
162	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	9	10
163	Cook Islands	1	0	9	10
164	Cape Verde	4	2	3	9
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	1	3	5	9
166	Singapore	1	5	3	9
167	Sierra Leone	1	3	4	8
168	Rwanda	1	2	5	8
169	Togo	2	0	5	7
170	Equatorial Guinea	3	1	3	7
171	Micronesia	3	1	3	7
172	Réunion	2	0	5	7
173	Kuwait	1	2	4	7
174	Lebanon	1	3	3	7
175	Qatar	2	1	4	7
176	Burundi	1	1	4	6
177	Tonga	2	1	3	6
178	Guadeloupe	1	1	4	6
179	Mauritius	1	2	2	5
180	Montenegro	1	1	3	5
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	4	0	5
182	Isle of Man	1	0	3	4
183	Samoa	1	0	3	4
184	Northern Mariana Islands	1	2	1	4
185	Bhutan	1	1	2	4
186	Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	1	3
187	Palau	1	0	2	3
188	Luxembourg	1	0	2	3
189	Comoros	1	2	0	3
190	Guam	1	1	1	3
191	Albania	1	2	0	3
192	Cayman Islands	1	2	0	3
193	American Samoa	1	0	2	3
194	Bahrain	1	1	1	3
195	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	1	3
196	British Virgin Islands	1	1	1	3
197	Kosovo	1	0	1	2
198	Guernsey	0	2	0	2
199	Sao Tome and Principe	1	1	0	2
200	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	1	1	2
201	Wallis and Futuna	1	0	1	2
202	Dominica	0	2	0	2
203	Grenada	1	0	1	2
204	US Virgin Islands	1	1	0	2
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	2
206	Saint Lucia	1	1	0	2
207	Hong Kong	1	1	0	2
208	Brunei	1	0	1	2
209	Nauru	0	1	0	1
210	Jersey	0	1	0	1
211	Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1
212	Mayotte	1	0	0	1
213	Gambia	1	0	0	1
214	San Marino	0	0	1	1
215	Malta	1	0	0	1
216	Gibraltar	1	0	0	1
217	Tuvalu	0	1	0	1
218	Niue	0	1	0	1
219	Barbados	1	0	0	1
220	Martinique	1	0	0	1
221	Saint Martin	0	1	0	1
222	Saint Barthélemy	0	1	0	1
223	Aruba	1	0	0	1
224	Curaçao	1	0	0	1
225	Sint Maarten	1	0	0	1
226	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
227	Macau	1	0	0	1

Methodology

The statistics are based on the OurAirports database. Airport records were grouped by country using the iso_country field, and counted according to their type value. Only records classified as large_airport, medium_airport, or small_airport were included. Heliports, seaplane bases, balloonports, closed facilities, and other types were excluded. The total number of airports for each country is calculated as the sum of its large, medium, and small airports. The dataset contains 238 countries and territories and a total of 47,970 airports.