Switzerland Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 179

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 28,857,994 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,841,310,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HB

Airports

62 (2024)

Heliports

51 (2024)

Pipelines

1,800 km gas, 94 km oil (of which 60 are inactive), 17 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 5,296 km (2020) 5,296 km electrified; Switzerland remains the only country with a fully electrified network

Roadways

total: 83,131 km (2022)

Waterways

1,292 km (2010) (there are 1,227 km of waterways on lakes and rivers for public transport and 65 km on the Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee for commercial goods transport)

Merchant marine

total: 17 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 14, general cargo 1, other 2 (includes Liechtenstein)

Ports and terminals

river port(s): Basel (Rhine)

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