Iraq Transportation Profile 2000

Railways

total:2,032 km
standard gauge:2,032 km 1.435-m gauge

Roadways

total:45,550 km
paved:38,400 km
unpaved:7,150 km (1996 est.)

Waterways

1,015 km; Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft watercraft; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war

Pipelines

crude oil 4,350 km; petroleum products 725 km; natural gas 1,360 km

Ports and terminals

Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality

Merchant marine

total:32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 606,227 GRT/1,067,770 DWT
ships by type:cargo 14, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 13, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)

Airports

113 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total:80
over 3,047 m:20
2,438 to 3,047 m:39
1,524 to 2,437 m:4
914 to 1,523 m:7
under 914 m:10 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total:33
over 3,047 m:3
2,438 to 3,047 m:6
1,524 to 2,437 m:2
914 to 1,523 m:10
under 914 m:12 (1999 est.)

Heliports

5 (1999 est.)