Which country has the highest Number of Airports?

United States has the highest Number of Airports in 2024, at 15,873, followed by Brazil (4,919) and Australia (2,180).

Which countries have the lowest Number of Airports?

18 of the 219 countries with data share the lowest Number of Airports in 2024, at 1: Gambia, Macau, Malta, Curacao, Aruba, Jersey, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Sint Maarten, Gibraltar, San Marino, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Nauru, Saint Barthelemy, Tuvalu, Montserrat and Niue.

What is the median Number of Airports across countries?

The median is 36 across the 219 countries with data in 2024.

Where does the Airports by Country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World’s Top 100 Airports 2025 - Skytrax.

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Airports by Country

Name: Airports by Country
Creator: Rankodex

United States has the highest Number of Airports in 2024 (15,873), followed by Brazil (4,919) and Australia (2,180). 18 countries share the lowest (1).

Travel219 countries · 1 metricUpdated Feb 27, 2025Original page

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World’s Top 100 Airports 2025 - Skytrax

ShowingNumber of AirportsBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →

Year 2024219 of 235 countries

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Number of Airports, 2024

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 219 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

Middle half 8 – 95

Average

207

219 countries

Highest

15,873

United States

Lowest

Niue

Data

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219 countries · # = rank by Number of Airports

#
1	United States	15,873
2	Brazil	4,919
3	Australia	2,180
4	Mexico	1,485
5	Canada	1,425
6	United Kingdom	1,043
7	Russia	904
8	Germany	838
9	Argentina	756
10	France	689
11	Colombia	662
12	Italy	636
13	South Africa	575
14	Papua New Guinea	535
15	China	531
16	Indonesia	513
17	Venezuela	502
18	Chile	374
19	Kenya	370
20	Spain	363
21	India	311
22	Ecuador	310
23	Poland	288
24	Japan	279
25	DR Congo	272
26	Namibia	255
27	Philippines	246
28	Czechia	243
29	Tanzania	206
30	Sweden	203
31	New Zealand	202
32	Bolivia	200
33	Iran	173
34	Peru	166
35	Ukraine	148
36	Norway	145
37	Zimbabwe	144
38	Kazakhstan	132
39	Portugal	130
40	Honduras	129
40	Costa Rica	129
42	Cuba	123
43	Botswana	122
44	Zambia	119
45	Pakistan	116
46	Turkey	115
47	Slovakia	114
48	Bulgaria	111
49	Hungary	109
50	Thailand	108
51	Angola	106
52	Malaysia	102
53	Ireland	100
54	Denmark	99
55	Finland	98
56	Mozambique	92
57	Madagascar	91
58	South Korea	89
59	Saudi Arabia	86
60	Algeria	85
61	North Korea	83
61	Paraguay	83
61	Iceland	83
64	Romania	82
64	South Sudan	82
66	Greece	81
67	Panama	76
68	Uzbekistan	74
69	Egypt	73
69	Myanmar	73
71	Iraq	71
72	Afghanistan	67
73	Libya	66
74	Lithuania	65
75	Uruguay	64
76	Switzerland	62
77	Austria	61
78	Guatemala	58
79	Ethiopia	57
80	Republic of the Congo	56
80	Latvia	56
82	Suriname	55
82	Bahamas	55
84	French Polynesia	54
85	Taiwan	53
86	Nepal	51
86	Guyana	51
88	Morocco	49
88	Burkina Faso	49
88	Belgium	49
91	Nigeria	47
92	Belarus	46
93	Netherlands	45
94	Serbia	43
94	Central African Republic	43
96	Vietnam	42
96	Chad	42
96	United Arab Emirates	42
96	Slovenia	42
100	Sudan	41
101	Croatia	40
101	Gabon	40
103	Uganda	39
103	Syria	39
103	Nicaragua	39
106	Somalia	38
107	Cameroon	37
107	Israel	37
109	Yemen	36
109	Oman	36
111	Mongolia	35
111	Solomon Islands	35
113	Lesotho	33
113	Marshall Islands	33
115	Dominican Republic	32
115	Azerbaijan	32
117	Vanuatu	31
118	Mali	30
119	Ivory Coast	29
120	Malawi	28
120	Kyrgyzstan	28
122	El Salvador	27
122	Belize	27
124	Niger	26
124	Estonia	26
124	Fiji	26
127	Mauritania	25
127	Greenland	25
129	Turkmenistan	23
130	New Caledonia	21
130	Kiribati	21
132	Puerto Rico	20
132	Jamaica	20
134	Senegal	19
134	Tajikistan	19
134	Liberia	19
134	Georgia	19
134	Maldives	19
139	Sri Lanka	18
139	Laos	18
141	Bangladesh	17
141	Haiti	17
141	Jordan	17
144	Guinea	16
144	Eswatini	16
144	Seychelles	16
147	Tunisia	14
148	Cambodia	13
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13
148	North Macedonia	13
148	Cyprus	13
152	Ghana	11
152	Moldova	11
152	Armenia	11
155	Benin	10
155	Eritrea	10
155	Timor-Leste	10
155	Djibouti	10
155	Cook Islands	10
160	Singapore	9
160	Turks and Caicos Islands	9
162	Rwanda	8
162	Sierra Leone	8
162	Lebanon	8
162	Qatar	8
166	Togo	7
166	Guinea-Bissau	7
166	Equatorial Guinea	7
166	Micronesia	7
170	Burundi	6
170	Kuwait	6
170	Tonga	6
173	Montenegro	5
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5
175	Mauritius	4
175	Bhutan	4
175	Isle of Man	4
175	Northern Mariana Islands	4
179	Hong Kong	3
179	Albania	3
179	Bahrain	3
179	Trinidad and Tobago	3
179	Comoros	3
179	Luxembourg	3
179	Samoa	3
179	Guam	3
179	Antigua and Barbuda	3
179	Cayman Islands	3
179	American Samoa	3
179	British Virgin Islands	3
179	Palau	3
192	Brunei	2
192	Barbados	2
192	Sao Tome and Principe	2
192	Saint Lucia	2
192	Grenada	2
192	Dominica	2
192	Guernsey	2
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
192	Wallis and Futuna	2
192	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2
202	Gambia	1
202	Macau	1
202	Malta	1
202	Curacao	1
202	Aruba	1
202	Jersey	1
202	Bermuda	1
202	Faroe Islands	1
202	Sint Maarten	1
202	Gibraltar	1
202	San Marino	1
202	Saint Martin	1
202	Anguilla	1
202	Nauru	1
202	Saint Barthelemy	1
202	Tuvalu	1
202	Montserrat	1
202	Niue	1

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Pearson r against 1,314 other country metrics sharing at least 132 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

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r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 152
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r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 152
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r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 132
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Annual Reddit UsersReddit Users by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 170
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Number of Airports tend to score lower on these

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r = −0.28 · weak · n = 216
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r = −0.24 · weak · n = 142
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r = −0.24 · weak · n = 143
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r = −0.23 · weak · n = 134
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Number of Airports?: United States has the highest Number of Airports in 2024, at 15,873, followed by Brazil (4,919) and Australia (2,180).
Which countries have the lowest Number of Airports?: 18 of the 219 countries with data share the lowest Number of Airports in 2024, at 1: Gambia, Macau, Malta, Curacao, Aruba, Jersey, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Sint Maarten, Gibraltar, San Marino, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Nauru, Saint Barthelemy, Tuvalu, Montserrat and Niue.
What is the median Number of Airports across countries?: The median is 36 across the 219 countries with data in 2024.
Where does the Airports by Country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World’s Top 100 Airports 2025 - Skytrax.

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