number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 34
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,075,065 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.2 million (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
YI
Airports
total: 102 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 55
Airports - with paved runways
total: 72
over 3,047 m: 20
2,438 to 3,047 m: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 7 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 30
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 6 (2021)
Heliports
16 (2021)
Pipelines
2455 km gas, 913 km liquid petroleum gas, 5432 km oil, 1637 km refined products (2013)
Railways
total: 2,272 km (2014)
standard gauge: 2,272 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge
country comparison to the world: 69
Roadways
total: 59,623 km (2012)
paved: 59,623 km (2012) (includes Kurdistan region)
country comparison to the world: 77
Waterways
5,279 km (2012) (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways)
country comparison to the world: 22
Merchant marine
total: 68
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 61 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 107
Ports and terminals
river port(s): Al Basrah (Shatt al Arab); Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr (Khawr az Zubayr waterway)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Dabhol, Dahej, Hazira