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List of countries by number of heliports

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This is a list based on CIA World Factbook,[1] Flightglobal, Vertical Magazine and Ainonline along with the civil and military helicopter fleet.

This entry gives the total number of heliports with hard-surface runways, helipads, or landing areas that support routine sustained helicopter operations exclusively and have support facilities including one or more of the following facilities: lighting, fuel, passenger handling, or maintenance. It includes former airports used exclusively for helicopter operations but excludes heliports limited to day operations and natural clearings that could support helicopter landings and takeoffs.

Heliports, helipads and helicopters by country

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Country Helipads Civil helos Military helos[2] Notes
 World 38,536 31,192 [3]
 Afghanistan 8 4 18 [citation needed]
 Albania 1 22
 Algeria 9 41 278 [4][5][2][6]
 Angola 2 105 [2]
 Andorra 3 Andorra Heliport
 Antarctica 53
 Argentina 144 319 96 [7][8][9][2]
 Armenia 2 3 41 [10][11]
 Australia 368 2,300 166 [12][13]
 Austria 1 177 66 [14][15]
 Azerbaijan 5 52 85 [16]
 Bahamas 1
 Bahrain 11 62
 Bangladesh 35 36 54 [17][18][19]
 Belarus 1 57
 Belgium 108 162 53 [20]
 Bhutan 1 1
 Bolivia 30
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 20
 Brazil 1,768 1,109 251 [21][22][23]
 Brunei 3 7 [24][25]
 Bulgaria 3 25
 Burma 6
 Burundi 1
 Cambodia 1 9 16 [24]
 Canada 481 2,955 175 [2][26]
 Chad 19
 Chile 45[27] 257 84 [28][29][30]
 China 1,721 2,800 2,200 [31]
 Colombia 2 217 241 [32][33][2][34]
 DRC 27
 Croatia 1 15 31 [35]
 Cyprus 9 [36]
 Czech Republic 1 233 57 [37]
 Denmark
(incl Faroe Islands and Greenland)
119 32 [38]
 Ecuador 2 48
 Egypt 6 40 368 [2]
 El Salvador 1
 Eritrea 1
 Estonia 1
 Ethiopia 33
 European Union 6,860 4,487 [12][39][40]
 Fiji 9
 Finland 15 100 27 [41]
 France 545 3,537 610 [42]
 French Polynesia 1
 Gabon 16
 Gaza Strip 1
 Georgia 3 30 41
 Germany 388 890 361 [43][44]
 Greece 51 108 224 [2]
 Guatemala 2 10 19 [45]
 Hong Kong 170 30 [46][47]
 Hungary 5 133 [48]
 Iceland 3 10 3 [49]
 India 1,071 200 710 [50]
 Indonesia 64 179 152 [24][2]
 Iran 89 80 128 [2][51]
 Iraq 21 43 159 [2]
 Ireland 34
 Israel 3 61 143 [2]
 Italy 229 2,300 415 1,140 Ultralight Helicopters
 Japan 2,839 806 599 [52][53]
 Jordan 15 6 126 [2][54]
 Kazakhstan 30 69
 North Korea 22 202 [2]
 South Korea 1,275 192 683 [52][24][2]
 Kenya 88 62 [55][56]
 Kosovo 2
 Kuwait 20 2 42 [57][58]
 Laos 6 [24]
 Latvia 4 [59]
 Lebanon 48
 Libya 2 27
 Luxembourg 1 12 [60]
 Macau 2 30 [46]
 Malaysia 3 180 79 [52]
 Mexico 545 586 189 [61][62]
 Monaco 1 Monaco Heliport
 Mongolia 1 6 [24]
 Montenegro 1
 Morocco 17 184 126 [63][2][64]
 Myanmar 5 13 87 [24][2]
 Namibia 30 9 [65]
   Nepal 43 28 18 [66]
 Netherlands 184 74 274 Heliport in Nederland
 New Caledonia 8
 New Zealand 2,577 919 24 [67][68][12]
 Nicaragua 17
 Nigeria 250 115 38 [69][70]
 Northern Mariana Islands 1
 Norway 116 263 34 Heliports of Norway[71]
 Oman 15 2 45
 Pakistan 178 200 522 [72][73][2]
 Panama 3
 Papua New Guinea 2 102 [24]
 Paraguay 2 8
 Peru 1 107 83 [74]
 Philippines 2 180 91 [52]
 Poland 7 192 210 [75][76][77][2]
 Portugal 51 81 27 [78][79][80][81][82]
 Puerto Rico 40 [83]
 Qatar 31 46 45 [84]
 Romania 3 86
 Russia 6,094 2,225 1,451 [85][2]maps.aopa.ru
 Rwanda 4 [86]
 El Salvador 30
 Saudi Arabia 100 35 204 [2][87]
 Serbia 2 40
 Sierra Leone 2
 Singapore 1 3 71 [24][88]
 Slovakia 1 16
 Slovenia 33 [89]
 Solomon Islands 3
 South Africa 50 1,262 96 577 Piston helicopters[12][2]
 Spain 458 530 159 [90][91]
Spratly Islands 3
 Sri Lanka 12 45
 Sudan 5 64
 Suriname 1 16 3
Svalbard 1
 Sweden 11 250 46 [92]
  Switzerland 25 345 43 [93]
 Syria 7 168 [2]
 Taiwan 30 41 307 [24][2]
 Tajikistan 20
 Thailand 100 115 282 [94][52][2]
 Timor-Leste 8
 Tunisia 11 76
 Turkey 213 110 445 Turkish Heliports[95]
 Turkmenistan 25
 Uganda 22
 Ukraine 42 194 92 [96][2][97]
 United Arab Emirates 1,100[98] 77 199 [99][100][101]
 United Kingdom 170[102] 1,062 348 1,283 helis registered[103]
 United States 13,097 10,000 6,131 6,154 heliports & 6,943 helipads[104][105][106]
 Uzbekistan 3 69
 Venezuela 88 351 86 [107][108][109]
 Vietnam 25 28 150 [24][2]
 Yemen 6 62
 Zimbabwe 5 29

Cities with most Heliports and Helicopters

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City Helipads Helicopters Flights per day
 São Paulo 400[110] 700 2200[111]
 Rio de Janeiro 400
 Minas Gerais 260
Bengaluru 300[112]
 Mexico City 200[113]
 Tokyo 80[114]
 Seoul 77
Busan 50
 Osaka 43
 Los Angeles 41
Santiago 40[115]
 Bangkok 20[94]

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