Papua New Guinea Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 48

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 964,713 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30.93 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

P2

Airports

535 (2024)

Heliports

3 (2024)

Pipelines

264 km oil (2013)

Roadways

total: 24,862 km (2015)

paved: 2,647 km (2015)

unpaved: 22,215 km (2015)

Waterways

11,000 km (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 205 (2023)

by type: container ship 6, general cargo 89, oil tanker 4, other 106

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak

LNG terminal(s) (export): Port Moresby

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