Portugal Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 10 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 168

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,367,956 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 454.21 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

CR, CS

Airports

130 (2024)

Heliports

63 (2024)

Pipelines

1,344 km gas, 11 km oil, 188 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 2,526 km (2020) 1,696 km electrified

Roadways

total: 11,217 km (2022)

Waterways

210 km (2011) (on Douro River from Porto)

Merchant marine

total: 888 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 110, container ship 299, general cargo 191, oil tanker 29, other 259

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

container port(s) (TEUs): Sines (1,420,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Sines

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