Netherlands Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 238

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,996,044 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,886,510,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

PH

Airports

45 (2024)

note: Includes 3 airports in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Heliports

184 (2024)

Pipelines

14,000 km gas, 2,500 km oil and refined products, 3,000 km chemicals (2017)

Railways

total: 3,055 km (2020) 2,310 km electrified

Roadways

total: 139,027 km (2022)

Waterways

6,237 km (2012) (navigable by ships up to 50 tons)

Merchant marine

total: 1,187 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 11, container ship 36, general cargo 521, oil tanker 27, other 592

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): IJmuiden, Vlissingen

container port(s) (TEUs): Rotterdam (15,300,000) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Gate (Rotterdam)

river port(s): Amsterdam (Nordsee Kanaal); Moerdijk (Hollands Diep River); Rotterdam (Rhine River); Terneuzen (Western Scheldt River)

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