Table 11-2 Number of Airports
Table 11-2
Number of Airports
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| 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).