Israel Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 64

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 7,404,373 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 994.54 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

4X

Airports

37 (2024)

Heliports

11 (2024)

Pipelines

763 km gas, 442 km oil, 261 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 1,497 km (2021) (2019)

standard gauge: 1,497 km (2021) 1.435-m gauge

Roadways

total: 20,391 km (2021)

paved: 20,391 km (2021) (includes 449 km of expressways)

Merchant marine

total: 41 (2023)

by type: container ship 4, general cargo 1, oil tanker 4, other 32

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa

container port(s) (TEUs): Ashdod (1,584,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Hadera

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