Transportation Mongolia - Mongolia Transportation

Airports:
44 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 13
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 31
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Heliports:
1 (2007)

Railways:
total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:
total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km
unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)

Waterways:
580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)

Merchant marine:
total: 73 ships (1000 GRT or over) 448,252 GRT/668,689 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 52, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 62 (Bulgaria 2, China 3, Hong Kong 1, Japan 1, Lebanon 1, Malaysia 1, Russia 17, Singapore 12, Syria 1, Thailand 1, Ukraine 3, UAE 5, Vietnam 14) (2007)

NOTE: The information regarding Mongolia 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 Mongolia Transportation 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mongolia Transportation 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.