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Papua New Guinea Transportation Profile

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Roadwaystotal: 9,349 km (2011)

paved: 3,000 km (2011)

unpaved: 6,349 km (2011)
Waterways11,000 km (2011)
Pipelines264 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak

LNG terminal(s) (export): Port Moresby
Merchant marinetotal: 175

by type: container ship 6, general cargo 80, oil tanker 3, other 86 (2020)
Airportstotal: 561 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 21 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2017)

under 914 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 540 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 53 (2013)

under 914 m: 476 (2013)
Heliports2 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 48

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 964,713 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30.93 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixP2

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

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