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National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 4 (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - number of registered air carriers country ranks ]
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39 (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers country ranks ]
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 484,803 (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,758,230 mt-km (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
YI (2016)

Airports:
102 (2013)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 55
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 72 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 20 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 34 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 7 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 30 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 3 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 6 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways country ranks ]

Heliports:
16 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
2455 km gas, 913 km liquid petroleum gas, 5432 km oil, 1637 km refined products (2013)

Railways:
total: 2,272 km (2014)
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
[see also: Railways - standard gauge country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 69

Roadways:
total: 59,623 km (2012)
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 59,623 km (includes Kurdistan Region) (2012)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 55

Waterways:
5,279 km (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways) (2012)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 22
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 77 (2017)
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 70 (2017)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 100

Ports and terminals:
river port(s): Al Basrah (Shatt al-'Arab); Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr (Khawr az Zubayr waterway)