Airport records

These lists cover the 4,133 airports on this site that have scheduled airline flights, using OurAirports data downloaded on 11 November 2026. An airport missing from the data, or with a missing figure, cannot appear.

Highest airports

Height above sea level. At these heights the air is thin, so aircraft need longer runways and passengers may feel the altitude.

1. Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY), Garzê (Daocheng), China: 4,411 m (14,472 ft)
2. Qamdo Bangda Airport (BPX), Bangda, China: 4,334 m (14,219 ft)
3. Shigatse Tingri Airport (DDR), Xigazê (Dingri), China: 4,300 m (14,108 ft)
4. Kangding Airport (KGT), Garzê (Kangding), China: 4,280 m (14,042 ft)
5. Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ), Shiquanhe, China: 4,274 m (14,022 ft)
6. El Alto International Airport (LPB), La Paz / El Alto, Bolivia: 4,071 m (13,355 ft)
7. Garze Gesar Airport (GZG), Garzê (Garzê), China: 4,068 m (13,346 ft)
8. Shannan Longzi Airport (LGZ), Shannan, China: 3,950 m (12,959 ft)
9. Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), Yushu (Batang), China: 3,906 m (12,816 ft)
10. Inca Manco Capac International Airport (JUL), Juliaca, Peru: 3,826 m (12,552 ft)
11. Golog Maqên Airport (GMQ), Golog (Maqên), China: 3,787 m (12,426 ft)
12. Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), Xigazê (Samzhubzê), China: 3,782 m (12,408 ft)
13. Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU), Oruro, Bolivia: 3,704 m (12,152 ft)
14. Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA), Shannan (Gonggar), China: 3,570 m (11,713 ft)
15. Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport (JZH), Ngawa (Songpan), China: 3,452 m (11,327 ft)

Airports below sea level

1. Atyrau International Airport (GUW), Atyrau, Kazakhstan: 22 m below sea level
2. Ramsar Airport (RZR), Ramsar, Iran: 21 m below sea level
3. Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport (ASF), Astrakhan, Russia: 20 m below sea level
4. Nowshahr Airport (NSH), Nowshahr, Iran: 19 m below sea level
5. Imperial County Airport (IPL), Imperial, United States: 16 m below sea level
6. Sardar-e-Jangal Airport (RAS), Rasht, Iran: 12 m below sea level
7. Balkanabat International Airport (BKN), Balkanabat, Turkmenistan: 8 m below sea level
8. Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), Rotterdam, Netherlands: 5 m below sea level
9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), Amsterdam, Netherlands: 3 m below sea level

Longest runways

1. Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), Xigazê (Samzhubzê), China: 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
2. Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport (ULY), Cherdakly, Russia: 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
3. Upington Airport (UTN), Upington, South Africa: 4,900 m (16,076 ft)
4. Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, United States: 4,877 m (16,000 ft)
5. Hamad International Airport (DOH), Doha, Qatar: 4,850 m (15,912 ft)
6. Erbil International Airport (EBL), Arbil, Iraq: 4,800 m (15,748 ft)
7. Golmud Airport (GOQ), Golmud, China: 4,800 m (15,748 ft)
8. Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE), Harare, Zimbabwe: 4,725 m (15,502 ft)
9. George Dick Montshioa Airport (MBD), Mafeking, South Africa: 4,620 m (15,157 ft)
10. Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA), Moscow, Russia: 4,600 m (15,092 ft)
11. Kuwait International Airport (KWI), Kuwait City, Kuwait: 4,580 m (15,026 ft)
12. Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH), Windhoek, Namibia: 4,575 m (15,010 ft)
13. Nunam Iqua Airport (SXP), Nunam Iqua, United States: 4,572 m (15,000 ft)
14. Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, United States: 4,522 m (14,835 ft)
15. Almaty International Airport (ALA), Almaty, Kazakhstan: 4,500 m (14,764 ft)

Most runways

1. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, United States: 8 runways
2. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas-Fort Worth, United States: 7 runways
3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), Amsterdam, Netherlands: 6 runways
4. Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, United States: 6 runways
5. Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, United States: 6 runways
6. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), Detroit, United States: 6 runways
7. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Oahu, United States: 6 runways
8. İstanbul Airport (IST), Istanbul, Turkey: 6 runways
9. Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST), St Augustine, United States: 6 runways
10. Wanganui Airport (WAG), Wanganui, New Zealand: 6 runways

Farthest north

1. Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR), Longyearbyen, Norway: 78.2461° N
2. Qaanaaq Airport (NAQ), Qaanaaq, Greenland: 77.4886° N
3. Grise Fiord Airport (YGZ), Grise Fiord, Canada: 76.4258° N
4. Resolute Bay Airport (YRB), Resolute Bay, Canada: 74.7169° N
5. Arctic Bay Airport (YAB), Arctic Bay, Canada: 73.0061° N
6. Upernavik Airport (JUV), Upernavik, Greenland: 72.7902° N
7. Pond Inlet Airport (YIO), Pond Inlet, Canada: 72.6895° N
8. Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport (YSY), Sachs Harbour, Canada: 71.9939° N
9. Khatanga Airport (HTG), Khatanga, Russia: 71.9781° N
10. Saskylakh Airport (SYS), Saskylakh, Russia: 71.9279° N

Farthest south

1. Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH), Ushuaia, Argentina: 54.8433° S
2. Gobernador Ramón Trejo Noel International Airport (RGA), Rio Grande, Argentina: 53.7777° S
3. President Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ), Punta Arenas, Chile: 53.0026° S
4. Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands: 51.8226° S
5. Port Stanley Airport (PSY), Stanley, Falkland Islands: 51.6857° S
6. Lieutenant Julio Gallardo Airport (PNT), Puerto Natales, Chile: 51.6707° S
7. Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (RGL), Rio Gallegos, Argentina: 51.6088° S
8. 28 de Noviembre Airport (RYO), Rio Turbio, Argentina: 51.6050° S
9. El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport (FTE), El Calafate, Argentina: 50.2803° S
10. Gobernador Gregores Airport (GGS), Gobernador Gregores, Argentina: 48.7831° S

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