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Transportation

LebanonIsrael
Railwaystotal: 401 km (2017)

standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m gauge (2017)

note: rail system is still unusable due to damage sustained from fighting in the 1980s and in 2006
total: 1,384 km (2014)

standard gauge: 1,384 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 21,705 km (2017)total: 19,555 km (2017)

paved: 19,555 km (includes 449 km of expressways) (2017)
Pipelines88 km gas (2013)763 km gas, 442 km oil, 261 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Beirut, Tripoli

container port(s) (TEUs): Beirut (1,229,100) (2019)
major seaport(s): Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa

container port(s) (TEUs): Ashdod (1,584,000) (2019)
Merchant marinetotal: 52

by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 12 (2020)
total: 41

by type: container ship 6, general cargo 3, oil tanker 3, other 29 (2020)
Airportstotal: 8 (2013)total: 42 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 5 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 1
total: 33 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 8
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

under 914 m: 1 (2013)
total: 9 (2020)

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 6
Heliports1 (2013)3 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,981,937 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 56.57 million mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 64

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 7,404,373 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 994.54 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixOD4X

Source: CIA Factbook