Transportation Iraq - Iraq Transportation

Airports:
110 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 76
over 3,047 m: 19
2,438 to 3,047 m: 37
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 9 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 34
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 10 (2007)

Heliports:
17 (2007)

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 (2007)

Ports and terminals:
Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr

NOTE: The information regarding Iraq on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq Transportation 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq Transportation 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.