Railways | total: 2,272 km (2014) standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) |
Roadways | total: 59,623 km (2012) paved: 59,623 km (includes Kurdistan region) (2012) |
Waterways | 5,279 km (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways) (2012) |
Pipelines | 2455 km gas, 913 km liquid petroleum gas, 5432 km oil, 1637 km refined products (2013) |
Ports and terminals | river port(s): Al Basrah (Shatt al Arab); Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr (Khawr az Zubayr waterway) |
Merchant marine | total: 68 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 61 (2020) |
Airports | total: 102 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 72 (2017) over 3,047 m: 20 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 34 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2017) under 914 m: 7 (2017) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 30 (2013) over 3,047 m: 3 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2013) under 914 m: 6 (2013) |
Heliports | 16 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 34 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,075,065 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.2 million mt-km (2018) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | YI |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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