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 and Helicopters by country[]

Country Heliports Civil helicopters
fleet 		Military helicopters[2] Notes
 World [3]
 Afghanistan 11 29 129 [2]
 Albania 1 22
 Algeria 2 41 210 [4][5][2][6]
 Angola 105 [2]
 Andorra 3 Andorra Heliport
 Antarctica 53
 Argentina 22 319 96 [7][8][9][2]
 Armenia 2 3 41 [10][11]
 Australia 1 1,862 166 [12][3][2]
 Austria 1 177 66 [13][14]
 Azerbaijan 5 52 85 [15]
 Bahamas 1
 Bahrain 11 62
 Bangladesh 25 36 54 [16][17][18][19][20][21]
 Belarus 1 57
 Belgium 35 162 53 [22]
 Bhutan 1 1
 Bolivia 30
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 20
 Brazil 1,000 2,122 251 [23][24]flightmarket.com.br
 Brunei 3 7 [25][26]
 Bulgaria 3 25
 Burma 6
 Burundi 1
 Cambodia 1 9 16 [25]
 Canada 367 2,303 175 [3][2]
 Chad 19
 Chile 45[27] 257 84 [28][29][30]
 China 234 1,200 985 [2][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 6 255 [2]
 El Salvador 1
 Eritrea 1
 Estonia 1
 Ethiopia 33
 European Union 99 6,860 4,487 [12][39][40]
 Fiji 9
 Finland 85 27 [41]
 France 1 1,053 610 [3][2]
 French Polynesia 1
 Gabon 16
 Gaza Strip 1
 Georgia 3 30 41
 Germany 25 890 361 [2][42]
 Greece 9 108 224 [2]
 Guatemala 10 19 [43]
 Hong Kong 170[44] 30 [45]
 Hungary 5 133 [46]
 Iceland 10 [47]
 India 1,141 280 664 [48]
 Indonesia 64 179 152 [25][2]
 Iran 19 80 128 [2][49]
 Iraq 21 43 159 [2]
 Ireland 34
 Israel 3 61 143 [2]
 Italy 6 870 415 674 turbines Helicopters[3][2]
 Japan 123 813 678 [50][51][52][53]
 Jordan 15 6 126 [2][54]
 Kazakhstan 3 69
 North Korea 22 202 [2]
 South Korea 510 192 683 [50][25][2]
 Kenya 88 62 [55][56]
 Kosovo 2
 Kuwait 4 2 42 [57][58]
 Laos 6 [25]
 Latvia 4 [59]
 Lebanon 48
 Libya 2 27
 Luxembourg 1 12 [60]
 Macau 2 30 [45]
 Malaysia 3 180 79 [50]
 Mexico 408 600 189 [61][62][3][2]
 Monaco 1 Monaco Heliport
 Mongolia 1 6 [25]
 Montenegro 1
 Morocco 17 184 126 [63][2][64]
 Myanmar 5 13 87 [25][2]
 Namibia 30 9 [65]
   Nepal 28 18 [66]
 Netherlands 25 74 274 Heliport in Nederland
 New Caledonia 8
 New Zealand 27 876 24 [52][12]
 Nicaragua 17
 Nigeria 4 115 38 [67]
 Northern Mariana Islands 1
 Norway 116 263 34 Heliports of Norway[68]
 Oman 15 45
 Pakistan 20 11 270 [69][70][2]
 Panama 3
 Papua New Guinea 2 102 [25]
 Paraguay 2 8
 Peru 1 107 83 [71]
 Philippines 2 180 91 [50]
 Poland 7 192 210 [72][73][74][2]
 Portugal 92 25 [75]
 Puerto Rico 40 [76]
 Qatar 1 46 45 [77]
 Romania 3 86
 Russia 5,579 2,220 1,451 [3][2]maps.aopa.ru
 Rwanda 4 [78]
 El Salvador 30
 Saudi Arabia 9 35 204 [2][79]
 Serbia 2 40
 Sierra Leone 2
 Singapore 1 3 71 [25][80]
 Slovakia 1 16
 Slovenia 33 [81]
 Solomon Islands 3
 South Africa 1 1,262 96 577 Piston helicopters[12][2]
 Spain 9 530 159 [2][82]
Spratly Islands 3
 Sri Lanka 12 45
 Sudan 5 64
Svalbard 1
 Sweden 2 250 46 [83]
  Switzerland 1 335 43 [84]
 Syria 7 168 [2]
 Taiwan 30 41 307 [25][2]
 Tajikistan 20
 Thailand 35 115 282 [85][50][2]
 Timor-Leste 8
 Tunis 76
 Turkey 61 110 445 Turkish Heliports[86]
 Turkmenistan 1
 Uganda 22
 Ukraine 7 194 92 [87][2][88]
 United Arab Emirates 1,100[89] 77 199 [90][91][92]
 United Kingdom 170[93] 1,076 348 [51][3][2] 1,283 helis registered[94]
 United States 5,664[95] 11,000 6,131 [48][2]
 Uzbekistan 69
 Venezuela 4 351 86 [96][97][98]
 Vietnam 1 28 150 [25][2]
 Yemen 62
 Zimbabwe 29

Cities with most Heliports and Helicopters[]

City Helipads Helicopters Flights per day
 São Paulo 215 [99] 700 2200 [100]
 Mexico City 200[101]
 Tokyo 80[102]
 Seoul 77
Busan 50
 Osaka 43
 Los Angeles 41

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