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SpainPortugal
Railwaystotal: 15,333 km (9,699 km electrified) (2017)

standard gauge: 2,571 km 1.435-m gauge (2,571 km electrified) (2017)

narrow gauge: 1,207 km 1.000-m gauge (400 km electrified) (2017)

broad gauge: 11,333 km 1.668-m gauge (6,538 km electrified) (2017)

mixed gauge: 190 km 1.668-m and 1.435m gage (190.1 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified); 4 km 0.600-m gauge
total: 3,075 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified) (2014)

other: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 683,175 km (2011)

paved: 683,175 km (includes 16,205 km of expressways) (2011)
total: 82,900 km (2008)

paved: 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways) (2008)

unpaved: 11,606 km (2008)
Waterways1,000 km (2012)210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2011)
Pipelines10481 km gas, 358 km oil, 4378 km refined products (2017)1344 km gas, 11 km oil, 188 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia (all in Spain); Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (in the Canary Islands)

container port(s) (TEUs): Algeciras (5,125,385), Barcelona (3,324,650), Valencia (5,439,827) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Mugardos, Sagunto
major seaport(s): Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

container port(s) (TEUs): Sines (1,420,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Sines
Merchant marinetotal: 474

by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 36, oil tanker 25, other 412 (2020)
total: 673

by type: bulk carrier 74, container ship 255, general cargo 122, oil tanker 23, other 199 (2020)
Airportstotal: 135 (2020)total: 64 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 102 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 18

2,438 to 3,047 m: 16

1,524 to 2,437 m: 19

914 to 1,523 m: 26

under 914 m: 23
total: 43 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2017)

under 914 m: 8 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 33 (2020)

914 to 1,523 m: 14

under 914 m: 19
total: 21 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)

under 914 m: 20 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 21 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 552

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 80,672,105 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,117,070,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 10 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 168

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,367,956 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 454.21 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixECCR, CS

Source: CIA Factbook