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Railwaystotal: 19,231 km (2016)

standard gauge: 18,836 km 1.435-m gauge (11,874 km electrified) (2016)

broad gauge: 395 km 1.524-m gauge (2016)
Roadwaystotal: 420,000 km (2016)

paved: 291,000 km (includes 1,492 km of expressways, 1,559 of motorways) (2016)

unpaved: 129,000 km (2016)
Waterways3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2009)
Pipelines14198 km gas, 1374 km oil, 2483 km refined products (2016)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie

container port(s) (TEUs): Gdansk (2,073,215) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Swinoujscie

river port(s): Szczecin (River Oder)
Merchant marinetotal: 142

by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 7, other 129 (2020)
Airportstotal: 126 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 87 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 30 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 36 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2017)

under 914 m: 6 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 39 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 17 (2013)

under 914 m: 21 (2013)
Heliports6 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 169

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 9,277,538 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 271.49 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixSP

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

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