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Railwaystotal: 3,979 km (2016)

standard gauge: 3,979 km 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified) (2016)
Roadwaystotal: 100,428 km (2016)

paved: 92,795 km (includes 4,193 km of expressways) (2016)

unpaved: 7,633 km (2016)
Waterways1,600 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2011)
Pipelines3790 km gas, 16 km oil, 889 km refined products (2017)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Busan, Incheon, Gunsan, Kwangyang, Mokpo, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu

container port(s) (TEUs): Busan (21,992,001), Incheon (3,091,955), Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Incheon, Kwangyang, Pyeongtaek, Samcheok, Tongyeong, Yeosu
Merchant marinetotal: 1,889

by type: bulk carrier 88, container ship 84, general cargo 357, oil tanker 187, other 1,173 (2020)
Airportstotal: 111 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 71 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 4 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 19 (2017)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2017)

under 914 m: 23 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 40 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

under 914 m: 38 (2013)
Heliports466 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 14 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 424

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 88,157,579 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11,929,560,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixHL

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

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