Transportation of Iraq
Airports: | 110 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 77 over 3,047 m: 20 2,438 to 3,047 m: 37 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 9 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 33 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 10 (2006) |
Heliports: | 8 (2006) |
Pipelines: | gas 2,228 km; liquid petroleum gas 918 km; oil 5,506 km; refined products 1,637 km (2006) |
Railways: | total: 2,272 km standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 45,550 km paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (1999) |
Waterways: | 5,279 km note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2006) |
Merchant marine: | total: 13 ships (1000 GRT or over) 67,796 GRT/101,317 DWT by type: cargo 11, petroleum tanker 2 (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr |