Greece Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 11 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 97

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 15,125,933 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 21.91 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

SX

Airports

81 (2024)

Heliports

51 (2024)

Pipelines

1,466 km gas, 94 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 2,345 km (2020) 731 km electrified

Roadways

total: 117,000 km (2018)

Waterways

6 km (2012) (the 6-km-long Corinth Canal crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; it shortens a sea voyage by 325 km)

Merchant marine

total: 1,215 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 132, container ship 4, general cargo 79, oil tanker 299, other 701

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Aspropyrgos, Pachi, Piraeus, Thessaloniki

oil terminal(s): Agioi Theodoroi

container port(s) (TEUs): Piraeus (5,311,810) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Revithoussa

NOTE: The information regarding Greece 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 Greece 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.