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Railways | total: 3,979 km (2016) standard gauge: 3,979 km 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified) (2016) |
Roadways | total: 100,428 km (2016) paved: 92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways) (2016) unpaved: 7,633 km (2016) |
Waterways | 1,600 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2011) |
Pipelines | 3790 km gas, 16 km oil, 889 km refined products (2017) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Busan, Incheon, Gunsan, Kwangyang, Mokpo, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu container port(s) (TEUs): Busan (21,992,001), Incheon (3,091,955), Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Incheon, Kwangyang, Pyeongtaek, Samcheok, Tongyeong, Yeosu |
Merchant marine | total: 1,889 by type: bulk carrier 88, container ship 84, general cargo 357, oil tanker 187, other 1,173 (2020) |
Airports | total: 111 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 71 (2017) over 3,047 m: 4 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 19 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2017) under 914 m: 23 (2017) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 40 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013) under 914 m: 38 (2013) |
Heliports | 466 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 424 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 88,157,579 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11,929,560,000 mt-km (2018) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | HL |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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