Railroads: 5,110 km total; 4,763 km 1,435-meter standard gauge, 347 km 0.750-meter gauge; 951 km double track; 25 km electrified

Highways:
total: 45,500 km
paved: 18,300 km
unpaved: gravel 12,503 km; earth 14,697 km

Inland waterways: 3,500 km (including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta); Suez Canal, 193.5 km long (including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 meters of water
Pipelines: crude oil 1,171 km; petroleum products 596 km; natural gas 460 km

Ports: Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Bur Safajah, Damietta
Merchant marine: 171 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,08,208 GRT/1,617,890 DWT, bulk 16, cargo 88, container 1, oil tanker 14, passenger 27, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 15, short-sea passenger 7

Airports:
total: 92
usable: 82
with permanent-surface runways: 66
with runways over 3,659 m: 2
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 45
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 23

NOTE: The information regarding Egypt on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Egypt Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Egypt Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.