This is a
list of countries (
sovereign states
A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terri ...
) and territories without an airport.
Sovereign states
Of the world's
independent states,
only five of the six
European microstates have no airport within their boundaries, though all have at least one
heliport. All apart from Monaco are
landlocked
A landlocked country is a country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins. There are currently 44 landlocked countries and 4 landlocked de facto states. Kazakhstan is the world's largest ...
. (Liechtenstein is
doubly landlocked
A landlocked country is a country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins. There are currently 44 landlocked countries and 4 landlocked de facto states. Kazakhstan is the world's largest ...
.)
States with limited recognition
Non-self-governing territories
Of the world's 17
non-self-governing territories, two have no airport within their boundaries:
Tokelau and the
Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ...
. Both are remote island groups, so a fairly long boat trip is the only way to get there.
Notes
References
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Airport, without