Philippines Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 13 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 200

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,080,118 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 835.9 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

RP

Airports

246 (2024)

Heliports

341 (2024)

Pipelines

530 km gas, 138 km oil (non-operational), 185 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 77 km (2017)

standard gauge: 49 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 28 km (2017) 1.067-m gauge

Roadways

total: 216,387 km (2014)

paved: 61,093 km (2014)

unpaved: 155,294 km (2014)

Waterways

3,219 km (2011) (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m)

Merchant marine

total: 2,203 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 52, container ship 43, general cargo 955, oil tanker 207, other 946

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila

container port(s) (TEUs): Manila (4,976,014) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Batangas

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