Finland Transportation Profile 2013

Railways

total: 5,919 km
broad gauge: 5,919 km 1.524-m gauge (3,067 km electrified) (2008)

Roadways

total: 78,141 km
paved: 50,914 km (includes 739 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,227 km (2009)

Waterways

7,842 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport is used frequently in the summer and is widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km) (2011)

Pipelines

gas 694 km (2010)

Ports and terminals

Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma

Merchant marine

total: 97
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 25, carrier 1, chemical tanker 6, container 3, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 16, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 31, vehicle carrier 3
foreign-owned: 5 (Cyprus 1, Estonia 2, Iceland 1, Sweden 1)
registered in other countries: 47 (Bahamas 8, Germany 3, Gibraltar 2, Malta 3, Netherlands 13, Panama 2, Sweden 16) (2010)

Airports

148 (2012)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 75
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 21
under 914 m: 15 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 70 (2012)