Ireland Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 450

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1.676 million (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 168.71 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EI

Airports

100 (2024)

Heliports

5 (2024)

Pipelines

2,427 km gas (2017)

Railways

total: 1,688 km (2020) 53 km electrified

Roadways

total: 102,227 km (2022)

Waterways

956 km (2010) (pleasure craft only)

Merchant marine

total: 94 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 12, general cargo 32, oil tanker 1, other 49

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dublin, Shannon Foynes

cruise port(s): Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020)

container port(s) (TEUs): Dublin (529,563) (2016)

river port(s): Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir)

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