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Table 11-2
Number of Airports
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| Airports, total |
1,200 |
1,146 |
1,141 |
2,168 |
1,809 |
1,116 |
12,920 |
13,145 |
13,175 |
| Certified airports, total |
448 |
435 |
433 |
82 |
83 |
83 |
U |
572 |
577 |
| Percent with control towers |
13 |
10 |
10 |
65 |
67 |
69 |
U |
U |
a67 |
| Percent with lighted runways |
92 |
93 |
93 |
67 |
66 |
67 |
U |
U |
a100 |
| Percent with runways greater than or equal to 3,048 meters (10,000 feet) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
U |
U |
a19 |
aPercentages as of April 1998. Historical percentages are unavailable.
KEY: U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
All Countries
Data exclude heliports, stolports (short take-off and landing ports) and seaplane bases.
United States
Certified airports total for 1990: See Appendix B for an explanation of the number of certified U.S. airports for 1990.
SOURCES
Canada
Natural Resources Canada. Canada Flight Supplement. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Transport Canada. Aircraft Movement Statistics, TP577. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Mexico
Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).
United States
U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.
Statistical Handbook of Aviation-1996. (Washington DC: 1997). Web site:
api.hq.faa.gov/handbook96/toc96.htm
U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.
Administrators Fact Book, August, 1998 and December 1993. (Washington,
DC: 1999 and 1994).
U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Private Communication. (Washington, DC: 1998).
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