Belgium Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 117

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 13,639,487 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,285,340,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

OO

Airports

49 (2024)

Heliports

108 (2024)

Pipelines

3,139 km gas, 154 km oil, 535 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 3,602 km (2020) 3,160 km electrified

Roadways

total: 118,414 km

paved: 118,414 km (2015) (includes 1,747 km of expressways)

Waterways

2,043 km (2012) (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

Merchant marine

total: 198 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 17, container ship 2, general cargo 16, oil tanker 21, other 142

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge

container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (12,020,000) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge

river port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River)

Brussels (Senne River) Liege (Meuse River)

NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.