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Railwaystotal: 5,113 km (2017)

broad gauge: 5,113 km 1.520-m gauge (2017)
Roadwaystotal: 58,592 km (2002)

paved: 47,577 km (2002)

unpaved: 11,015 km (2002)
Waterways1,300 km (Amu Darya River and Kara Kum Canal are important inland waterways) (2011)
Pipelines7500 km gas, 1501 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Caspian Sea - Turkmenbasy
Merchant marinetotal: 68

by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 8, other 54 (2020)
Airportstotal: 26 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 21 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 5 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)

under 914 m: 4 (2013)
Heliports1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 27

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,457,474 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.92 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixEZ

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

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