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Railwaystotal: 3,592 km (2014)

standard gauge: 3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 118,414 km (2015)

paved: 118,414 km (includes 1,747 km of expressways) (2015)
Waterways2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)
Pipelines3139 km gas, 154 km oil, 535 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge

container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (11,860,204) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge

river port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River)

Brussels (Senne River) Liege (Meuse River)
Merchant marinetotal: 203

by type: bulk carrier 21, container ship 5, general cargo 16, oil tanker 25, other 136 (2020)
Airportstotal: 41 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 26 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 6

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 8
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 15 (2013)

under 914 m: 15 (2013)
Heliports1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 117

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 13,639,487 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,285,340,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixOO

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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