Iraq

 

Iraq National Transport System


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