Kazakhstan Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 12 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 84

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 7,143,797 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 50.22 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

UP

Airports

132 (2024)

Heliports

30 (2024)

Pipelines

658 km condensate, 15,429 km gas (2020), 8,020 km oil (2020), 1,095 km refined products, 1,975 km water (2017) (2020)

Railways

total: 16,636 km (2021)

broad gauge: 16,636 km (2021) 1.520-m gauge (4,237 km electrified)

Roadways

total: 96,167 km (2021)

paved: 83,813 km (2021)

unpaved: 12,354 km (2021)

Waterways

43,983 km (2020) (on the Ertis (Irtysh) River (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) River)

Merchant marine

total: 122 (2023)

by type: general cargo 3, oil tanker 7, other 112

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Caspian Sea - Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev)

river port(s): Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk) (Irtysh River)

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