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Railwaystotal: 2,052 km (2014)

standard gauge: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 69,873 km (2010)

paved: 63,060 km (2010)

unpaved: 6,813 km (2010)
Waterways900 km (navigable but not economically significant) (2011)
Pipelines3170 km gas, 2029 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Baniyas, Latakia, Tartus
Merchant marinetotal: 26

by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 11, other 14 (2020)
Airportstotal: 90 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 29 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)

under 914 m: 5 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 61 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 12 (2013)

under 914 m: 48 (2013)
Heliports6 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 11

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,896 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixYK

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

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