# List of countries by number of heliports

This is a list based on CIA World Factbook, 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

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

## Cities with most Heliports and Helicopters

| City | Helipads | Helicopters | Flights per day |
| São Paulo | 400 | 700 | 2200 |
| Rio de Janeiro | | 400 | |
| Minas Gerais | | 260 | |
| Bengaluru | 300 | | |
| Mexico City | 200 | | |
| Tokyo | 80 | | |
| Seoul | 77 | | |
| Busan | 50 | | |
| Osaka | 43 | | |
| Los Angeles | 41 | | |
| Santiago | 40 | | |
| Bangkok | 20 | | |