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Syria vs. Iraq

Transportation

SyriaIraq
Railwaystotal: 2,052 km (2014)

standard gauge: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)
total: 2,272 km (2014)

standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 69,873 km (2010)

paved: 63,060 km (2010)

unpaved: 6,813 km (2010)
total: 59,623 km (2012)

paved: 59,623 km (includes Kurdistan region) (2012)
Waterways900 km (navigable but not economically significant) (2011)5,279 km (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways) (2012)
Pipelines3170 km gas, 2029 km oil (2013)2455 km gas, 913 km liquid petroleum gas, 5432 km oil, 1637 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Baniyas, Latakia, Tartusriver port(s): Al Basrah (Shatt al Arab); Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr (Khawr az Zubayr waterway)
Merchant marinetotal: 26

by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 11, other 14 (2020)
total: 68

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 61 (2020)
Airportstotal: 90 (2013)total: 102 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 29 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)

under 914 m: 5 (2013)
total: 72 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 20 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 34 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2017)

under 914 m: 7 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 61 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 12 (2013)

under 914 m: 48 (2013)
total: 30 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2013)

under 914 m: 6 (2013)
Heliports6 (2013)16 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 11

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,896 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 34

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,075,065 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.2 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixYKYI

Source: CIA Factbook