National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 30
(2015)
[see also: National air transport system - number of registered air carriers country ranks ]
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 485
(2015)
[see also: National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers country ranks ]
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 65,039,503
(2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4,098,310,000
mt-km
(2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
F
(2016)
Airports:
464
(2013)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
16
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 294
(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: 25
(2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 97
(2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 83
(2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 75
(2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 170
(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: 64
(2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 105
(2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways country ranks ]
Heliports:
1
(2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
Pipelines:
15322 km gas, 2939 km oil, 5084 km refined products
(2013)
Railways:
total: 29,640 km
(2014)
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 29,473 km
1.435-m gauge (15,561 km electrified)
(2014)
[see also: Railways - standard gauge country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 167 km
1.000-m gauge (63 km electrified)
(2014)
[see also: Railways - narrow gauge country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
10
Roadways:
total: 1,053,215 km
(2011)
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
urban: 654,201 km
(2011)
non-urban: 399,014 km
(2011)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
7
Waterways:
metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010)
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
Merchant marine:
total: 555
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type:
container ship 24, general cargo 73, oil tanker 29, other 429
(2018)
note: includes Monaco
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
39
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s):
Brest, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes,
container port(s) (TEUs):
Le Havre (2,870,000)
(2017)
LNG terminal(s) (import):
Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin, Montoir de Bretagne
river port(s):
Paris, Rouen (Seine)
cruise/ferry port(s):
Calais, Cherbourg, Le Havre
Strasbourg (Rhine) Bordeaux (Garronne)
Transportation - note:
begun in 1988 and completed in 1994, the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed the Chunnel) is a 50.5-km (31.4-mi) rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover that runs from Folkestone, Kent, England to Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais in northern France; it is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and mainland Europe