How many airports are there in the world?
World medium Data from 2024
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The answer
41,800 airports
Roughly 41.8K.
Counting every paved and unpaved runway, there are close to 42,000 airports worldwide. The United States alone has more than 13,000 of them, roughly a third of the global total, because so many are small private and municipal airstrips rather than commercial hubs.
Where this number comes from
| Source | CIA World Factbook |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | airports |
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