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National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 20 (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - number of registered air carriers country ranks ]
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1,113 (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers country ranks ]
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 115,540,886 (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 6,985,007,915 mt-km (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
D (2016)

Airports:
539 (2013)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 13
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 318 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 14 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 49 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 60 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 70 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 125 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 221 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 35 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 185 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways country ranks ]

Heliports:
23 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
37 km condensate, 26985 km gas, 2826 km oil, 4479 km refined products, 8 km water (2013)

Railways:
total: 33,590 km (2015)
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 33,331 km 1.435-m gauge (19,973 km electrified) (2015)
[see also: Railways - standard gauge country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (79 km electrified) (2015)
15 0.900-m gauge 24 0.750-m gauge
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 7

Roadways:
total: 645,000 km (2010)
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 645,000 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways) (2010)
note: includes local roads
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 9

Waterways:
7,467 km (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea) (2012)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 18
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 614 (2017)
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 117, general cargo 87, oil tanker 34, other 375 (2017)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 35

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Baltic Sea - Rostock
oil terminal(s): Brunsbuttel Canal terminals
container port(s) (TEUs): Bremen/Bremerhaven (5,535,000), Hamburg (8,910,000) (2016)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Hamburg
river port(s): Bremen (Weser)
North Sea - Wilhelmshaven Bremerhaven (Geeste) Duisburg, Karlsruhe, Neuss-Dusseldorf (Rhine) Brunsbuttel, Hamburg (Elbe) Lubeck (Wakenitz)