Ireland Transportation - 2006

Airports:
36 (2005)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (2005)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 17 (2005)

Pipelines:
gas 1,795 km (2004)

Railways:
total: 3,312 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2004)

Roadways:
total: 95,736 km
paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways) (2002)

Waterways:
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 33
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, container 1, passenger/cargo 3, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 10 (Germany 3, Italy 2, Norway 1, Spain 1, Switzerland 1, UK 1, US 1)
registered in other countries: 21 (The Bahamas 2, Bermuda 1, Gibraltar 1, Netherlands 13, Panama 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, UK 1) (2005)