number of registered air carriers: 12 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 84
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 7,143,797 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 50.22 million (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
UP
Airports
total: 96 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 60
Airports - with paved runways
total: 63
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 25
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 8 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 33
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 13 (2021)
Heliports
3 (2021)
Pipelines
658 km condensate, 15,429 km gas (2020), 8,020 km oil (2020), 1,095 km refined products, 1,975 km water (2017) (2020)
Railways
total: 16,636 km (2020)
broad gauge: 16,636 km (2020) 1.520-m gauge (4,237 km electrified)
country comparison to the world: 18
Roadways
total: 95,767 km (2021)
paved: 83,813 km (2021)
unpaved: 12,354 km (2021)
country comparison to the world: 51
Waterways
43,983 km (2020) (on the Ertis (Irtysh) River (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) River)
country comparison to the world: 4
Merchant marine
total: 119
by type: general cargo 3, oil tanker 7, other 109 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 82
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Caspian Sea - Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev)
river port(s): Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk) (Irtysh River)