Airports by area · 2025

What country has the most airports per 10,000 km²?

The Marshall Islands ranks first in the world for airports per 10,000 km², at 1,833.33.

  1. 2nd Maldives 671.14 airports per 10,000 km²
  2. 1st Marshall Islands 1,833.33 airports per 10,000 km²
  3. 3rd Nauru 500.00 airports per 10,000 km²
Ranking by airports per 10,000 km²
#CountryShare of #1airports per 10,000 km²
1 Marshall Islands 1,833.33
2 Maldives 671.14
3 Nauru 500.00
4 Seychelles 347.83
5 Tuvalu 333.33
6 Kiribati 259.26
7 San Marino 166.67
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 128.21
9 Singapore 125.35
10 Micronesia 100.00
11 Antigua and Barbuda 90.91
12 Tonga 83.33
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 76.92
14 Palau 65.22
15 Grenada 58.82
16 Bahamas 53.95
17 United Kingdom 43.69
18 Bahrain 37.50
19 Saint Lucia 32.79
20 Czechia 32.66
21 Malta 31.25
22 Dominica 26.67
23 Costa Rica 25.85
24 Denmark 25.50
25 Vanuatu 25.43
26 Mauritius 25.04
27 Cabo Verde 24.81
28 Slovakia 24.13
29 Germany 24.04
30 Barbados 23.26
31 France 22.60
32 Italy 22.15
33 Slovenia 20.86
34 Sao Tome and Principe 20.83
35 Israel 18.48
36 Jamaica 18.47
37 United States 17.62
38 Switzerland 16.70
39 Comoros 16.12
40 Belgium 15.74
41 Cyprus 15.15
42 Ireland 14.52
43 Samoa 14.39
44 Fiji 14.23
45 Portugal 13.97
46 The Netherlands 13.07
47 El Salvador 13.03
48 Solomon Islands 12.86
49 Ecuador 12.76
50 Papua New Guinea 12.56
51 Hungary 11.94
52 Belize 11.84
53 Luxembourg 11.65
54 Cuba 11.56
55 Honduras 11.53
56 Lesotho 11.20
57 Poland 10.38
58 Panama 10.38
59 Lithuania 10.22
60 Bulgaria 9.86
61 South Korea 9.43
62 Eswatini 9.30
63 Latvia 8.84
64 Philippines 8.59
65 Iceland 8.13
66 Mexico 8.13
67 Croatia 8.04
68 Estonia 7.96
69 New Zealand 7.82
70 Lebanon 7.82
71 Japan 7.68
72 Austria 7.51
73 Timor-Leste 7.40
74 Spain 7.30
75 Qatar 6.96
76 North Korea 6.73
77 Dominican Republic 6.64
78 Greece 6.36
79 Brazil 6.34
80 Kenya 6.34
81 Haiti 6.17
82 Colombia 5.96
83 United Arab Emirates 5.91
84 Trinidad and Tobago 5.85
85 Venezuela 5.77
86 Serbia 5.47
87 Guatemala 5.41
88 North Macedonia 5.15
89 Chile 5.10
90 Sweden 5.06
91 South Africa 4.72
92 Romania 4.48
93 Djibouti 4.31
94 Norway 4.01
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.91
96 Armenia 3.90
97 Azerbaijan 3.87
98 Brunei 3.80
99 Zimbabwe 3.72
100 Montenegro 3.72
101 Uruguay 3.71
102 Nepal 3.56
103 Suriname 3.43
104 Kuwait 3.37
105 Rwanda 3.24
106 Nicaragua 3.24
107 Finland 3.22
108 Namibia 3.15
109 Malaysia 3.04
110 Moldova 3.04
111 Georgia 3.02
112 Indonesia 2.94
113 Australia 2.93
114 Sri Lanka 2.91
115 Malawi 2.86
116 Argentina 2.79
117 Ukraine 2.62
118 Guyana 2.60
119 Equatorial Guinea 2.50
120 Guinea-Bissau 2.49
121 Burundi 2.34
122 Tanzania 2.33
123 Syria 2.29
124 Belarus 2.27
125 Botswana 2.15
126 Paraguay 2.10
127 Thailand 2.06
128 Jordan 2.03
129 Liberia 1.97
130 Uganda 1.94
131 Bolivia 1.86
132 Burkina Faso 1.79
133 Iraq 1.68
134 Uzbekistan 1.68
135 Canada 1.66
136 Palestine 1.66
137 Republic of the Congo 1.64
138 Gabon 1.63
139 Zambia 1.61
140 Madagascar 1.60
141 Pakistan 1.52
142 Türkiye 1.51
143 Kyrgyzstan 1.46
144 South Sudan 1.41
145 Tajikistan 1.37
146 Peru 1.36
147 Bangladesh 1.31
148 Togo 1.29
149 DR Congo 1.20
150 Oman 1.20
151 Mozambique 1.17
152 Vietnam 1.15
153 Myanmar 1.13
154 Sierra Leone 1.11
155 Albania 1.09
156 Iran 1.09
157 Morocco 1.08
158 India 1.06
159 Bhutan 1.05
160 Afghanistan 1.04
161 Senegal 1.04
162 Gambia 0.99
163 Côte d'Ivoire 0.91
164 Eritrea 0.91
165 Tunisia 0.90
166 Benin 0.89
167 Laos 0.87
168 Angola 0.86
169 Cameroon 0.78
170 Egypt 0.73
171 Yemen 0.70
172 Central African Republic 0.69
173 Cambodia 0.68
174 Guinea 0.65
175 Somalia 0.64
176 China 0.59
177 Russia 0.55
178 Nigeria 0.55
179 Ethiopia 0.51
180 Turkmenistan 0.49
181 Kazakhstan 0.49
182 Ghana 0.48
183 Libya 0.43
184 Saudi Arabia 0.42
185 Algeria 0.40
186 Chad 0.35
187 Mali 0.25
188 Mauritania 0.24
189 Sudan 0.24
190 Mongolia 0.24
191 Niger 0.21

Key facts

Runners-up

Maldives is 2nd and Nauru 3rd.

Lead

The Marshall Islands has 2.7× the figure of the Maldives.

Questions

What country has the most airports per 10,000 km²?

The Marshall Islands ranks first in the world for airports per 10,000 km², at 1,833.33.

What country has the second most airports per 10,000 km²?

The Maldives ranks second, with 671.14 (airports per 10,000 km²).

How many countries are in this ranking?

191 countries with data from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2025). Territories are not ranked.

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