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Railwaystotal: 1,860 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 34 km 0.750-m gauge (2018)

broad gauge: 1,826 km 1.520-m gauge (2018)
Roadwaystotal: 70,244 km (2018)

paved: 15,158 km (2018)

unpaved: 55,086 km (2018)
Waterways300 km (navigable year-round) (2010)
Pipelines1,213 km gas, 417 km refined products (2018)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Riga, Ventspils
Merchant marinetotal: 66

by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 9, other 41 (2020)
Airportstotal: 42 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 18 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

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

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

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2017)

under 914 m: 7 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 24 (2013)

under 914 m: 24 (2013)
Heliports1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 53

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 4,058,762 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.01 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixYL

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

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