Airports (2006)

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Informations about Airports in 2006 year

	Afghanistan	46 (2006)
	Albania	11 (2006)
	Algeria	142 (2006)
	American Samoa	3 (2006)
	Angola	244 (2006)
	Anguilla	3 (2006)
	Antarctica	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)
	Antigua and Barbuda	3 (2006)
	Argentina	1,381 (2006)
	Armenia	13 (2006)
	Aruba	1 (2006)
	Australia	455 (2006)
	Austria	55 (2006)
	Azerbaijan	36 (2006)
	Bahamas, The	64 (2006)
	Bahrain	3 (2006)
	Baker Island	one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable (2006)
	Bangladesh	16 (2006)
	Barbados	1 (2006)
	Belarus	86 (2006)
	Belgium	43 (2006)
	Belize	43 (2006)
	Benin	5 (2006)
	Bermuda	1 (2006)
	Bhutan	2 (2006)
	Bolivia	1,084 (2006)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28 (2006)
	Botswana	85 (2006)
	Brazil	4,276 (2006)
	British Indian Ocean Territory	1 (2006)
	British Virgin Islands	3 (2006)
	Brunei	2 (2006)
	Bulgaria	217 (2006)
	Burkina Faso	34 (2006)
	Burma	85 (2006)
	Burundi	8 (2006)
	Cambodia	20 (2006)
	Cameroon	47 (2006)
	Canada	1,337 (2006)
	Cape Verde	7 (2006)
	Cayman Islands	3 (2006)
	Central African Republic	50 (2006)
	Chad	52 (2006)
	Chile	363 (2006)
	China	486 (2006)
	Christmas Island	1 (2006)
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1 (2006)
	Colombia	984 (2006)
	Comoros	4 (2006)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	234 (2006)
	Congo, Republic of the	32 (2006)
	Cook Islands	9 (2006)
	Costa Rica	157 (2006)
	Cote d'Ivoire	35 (2006)
	Croatia	68 (2006)
	Cuba	170 (2006)
	Cyprus	16 (2006)
	Czech Republic	121 (2006)
	Denmark	92 (2006)
	Djibouti	13 (2006)
	Dominica	2 (2006)
	Dominican Republic	33 (2006)
	East Timor	8 (2006)
	Ecuador	359 (2006)
	Egypt	88 (2006)
	El Salvador	75 (2006)
	Equatorial Guinea	4 (2006)
	Eritrea	17 (2006)
	Estonia	24 (2006)
	Ethiopia	84 (2006)
	Europa Island	1 (2006)
	European Union	3,115 (2006)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	5 (2006)
	Faroe Islands	1 (2006)
	Fiji	28 (2006)
	Finland	148 (2006)
	France	477 (2006)
	French Guiana	11 (2006)
	French Polynesia	51 (2006)
	Gabon	56 (2006)
	Gambia, The	1 (2006)
	Gaza Strip	2 note: includes Gaza International Airport closed since its runway was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001 (2006)
	Georgia	23 (2006)
	Germany	554 (2006)
	Ghana	12 (2006)
	Gibraltar	1 (2006)
	Glorioso Islands	1 (2006)
	Greece	82 (2006)
	Greenland	14 (2006)
	Grenada	3 (2006)
	Guadeloupe	9 (2006)
	Guam	5 (2006)
	Guatemala	450 (2006)
	Guernsey	2 (one on Alderney) (2006)
	Guinea	16 (2006)
	Guinea-Bissau	28 (2006)
	Guyana	90 (2006)
	Haiti	12 (2006)
	Honduras	116 (2006)
	Hong Kong	3 (2006)
	Howland Island	one 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 (2006)
	Hungary	46 (2006)
	Iceland	98 (2006)
	Iles Eparses	4 (2006)
	India	341 (2006)
	Indonesia	662 (2006)
	Iran	321 (2006)
	Iraq	110 (2006)
	Ireland	36 (2006)
	Isle of Man	1 (2006)
	Israel	53 (2006)
	Italy	133 (2006)
	Jamaica	35 (2006)
	Jan Mayen	1 (2006)
	Japan	175 (2006)
	Jersey	1 (2006)
	Johnston Atoll	1 note: non-operational (2006)
	Jordan	17 (2006)
	Juan de Nova Island	1 (2006)
	Kazakhstan	150 (2006)
	Kenya	225 (2006)
	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 (2006)
	Kiribati	19 (2006)
	Korea, North	77 (2006)
	Korea, South	107 (2006)
	Kuwait	7 (2006)
	Kyrgyzstan	37 (2006)
	Laos	44 (2006)
	Latvia	46 (2006)
	Lebanon	7 (2006)
	Lesotho	28 (2006)
	Liberia	53 (2006)
	Libya	141 (2006)
	Lithuania	91 (2006)
	Luxembourg	2 (2006)
	Macau	1 (2006)
	Macedonia	17 (2006)
	Madagascar	116 (2006)
	Malawi	42 (2006)
	Malaysia	117 (2006)
	Maldives	5 (2006)
	Mali	29 (2006)
	Malta	1 (2006)
	Marshall Islands	15 (2006)
	Martinique	2 (2006)
	Mauritania	25 (2006)
	Mauritius	6 (2006)
	Mayotte	1 (2006)
	Mexico	1,839 (2006)
	Micronesia, Federated States of	6 (2006)
	Midway Islands	3; note - only one operational (2006)
	Moldova	12 (2006)
	Mongolia	44 (2006)
	Montenegro	5 (2006)
	Montserrat	2 (2006)
	Morocco	60 (2006)
	Mozambique	158 (2006)
	Namibia	137 (2006)
	Nauru	1 (2006)
	Nepal	48 (2006)
	Netherlands	27 (2006)
	Netherlands Antilles	5 (2006)
	New Caledonia	25 (2006)
	New Zealand	118 (2006)
	Nicaragua	176 (2006)
	Niger	28 (2006)
	Nigeria	69 (2006)
	Niue	1 (2006)
	Norfolk Island	1 (2006)
	Northern Mariana Islands	5 (2006)
	Norway	99 (2006)
	Oman	137 (2006)
	Pakistan	139 (2006)
	Palau	3 (2006)
	Palmyra Atoll	1 (2006)
	Panama	117 (2006)
	Papua New Guinea	582 (2006)
	Paracel Islands	1 (2006)
	Paraguay	881 (2006)
	Peru	268 (2006)
	Philippines	256 (2006)
	Poland	122 (2006)
	Portugal	66 (2006)
	Puerto Rico	30 (2006)
	Qatar	5 (2006)
	Reunion	2 (2006)
	Romania	61 (2006)
	Russia	1,623 (2006)
	Rwanda	9 (2006)
	Saint Helena	1 note: Wideawake Field on Ascension Island (2006)
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 (2006)
	Saint Lucia	2 (2006)
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2 (2006)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6 (2006)
	Samoa	4 (2006)
	Sao Tome and Principe	2 (2006)
	Saudi Arabia	208 (2006)
	Senegal	20 (2006)
	Serbia	39 (2006)
	Seychelles	15 (2006)
	Sierra Leone	10 (2006)
	Singapore	9 (2006)
	Slovakia	36 (2006)
	Slovenia	14 (2006)
	Solomon Islands	35 (2006)
	Somalia	65 (2006)
	South Africa	731 (2006)
	Spain	157 (2006)
	Spratly Islands	3 (2006)
	Sri Lanka	16 (2006)
	Sudan	88 (2006)
	Suriname	47 (2006)
	Svalbard	4 (2006)
	Swaziland	18 (2006)
	Sweden	255 (2006)
	Switzerland	65 (2006)
	Syria	92 (2006)
	Taiwan	42 (2006)
	Tajikistan	40 (2006)
	Tanzania	124 (2006)
	Thailand	108 (2006)
	Togo	9 (2006)
	Tonga	6 (2006)
	Trinidad and Tobago	6 (2006)
	Tromelin Island	1 (2006)
	Tunisia	30 (2006)
	Turkey	117 (2006)
	Turkmenistan	29 (2006)
	Turks and Caicos Islands	8 (2006)
	Tuvalu	1 (2006)
	Uganda	31 (2006)
	Ukraine	499 (2006)
	United Arab Emirates	37 (2006)
	United Kingdom	471 (2006)
	United States	14,858 (2006)
	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: 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)
	Uruguay	64 (2006)
	Uzbekistan	61 (2006)
	Vanuatu	31 (2006)
	Venezuela	375 (2006)
	Vietnam	32 (2006)
	Virgin Islands	2 (2006)
	Wake Island	1 (2006)
	Wallis and Futuna	2 (2006)
	West Bank	3 (2006)
	Western Sahara	11 (2006)
	World	49,024 (2006)
	Yemen	46 (2006)
	Zambia	111 (2006)
	Zimbabwe	403 (2006)