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Railwaystotal: 11,881 km (2019)

narrow gauge: 389 km 1.000-m gauge (2019)

broad gauge: 11,492 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified) (2019)
Roadwaystotal: 263,775 km (2019)

paved: 185,063 km (includes 708 km of expressways) (2019)

unpaved: 78,712 km (2019)
Pipelines12,984 km gas, 3,470 km oil, 1,170 km refined products (2019)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim

container port(s) (TEUs): Karachi (2,097,855) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Port Qasim
Merchant marinetotal: 57

by type: bulk carrier 5, oil tanker 7, other 45 (2020)
Airportstotal: 151 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 108 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 15 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 20 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 43 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 20 (2017)

under 914 m: 10 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 43 (2013)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)

under 914 m: 24 (2013)
Heliports23 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 5 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 52

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 6,880,637 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 217.53 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixAP

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

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