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Railwaystotal: 1,562 km (2016)

broad gauge: 1,562 km 1.676-m gauge (2016)
Roadwaystotal: 114,093 km (2010)

paved: 16,977 km (2010)

unpaved: 97,116 km (2010)
Waterways160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2012)
Pipelines7 km refined products
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Colombo

container port(s) (TEUs): Colombo (7,228,337) (2019)
Merchant marinetotal: 96

by type: bulk carrier 6, container ship 1, general cargo 19, oil tanker 12, other 58 (2020)
Airportstotal: 18 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 11 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 4
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 7 (2020)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 2
Heliports1 (2020)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 34

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,882,376 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 436.2 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix4R

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

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