United Arab Emirates Transportation Profile

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Roadwaystotal: 4,080 km (2008)

paved: 4,080 km (includes 253 km of expressways) (2008)
Pipelines533 km condensate, 3277 km gas, 300 km liquid petroleum gas, 3287 km oil, 24 km oil/gas/water, 218 km refined products, 99 km water (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Khor Fakkan (Khawr Fakkan) (Sharjah), Mubarraz Island (Abu Dhabi), Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah)

container port(s) (TEUs): Dubai Port (14,111,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (export): Das Island
Merchant marinetotal: 640

by type: container ship 3, general cargo 120, oil tanker 19, other 498 (2020)
Airportstotal: 43 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 25 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 12 (2013)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 18 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2013)

under 914 m: 6 (2013)
Heliports5 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 10 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 497

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 95,533,069 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 15,962,900,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixA6

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

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