Iraq Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 34

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,075,065 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.2 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

YI

Airports

total: 102 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 72 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 20 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 34 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2017)

under 914 m: 7 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 30 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2013)

under 914 m: 6 (2013)

Heliports

16 (2013)

Pipelines

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

Railways

total: 2,272 km (2014)

standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

Roadways

total: 59,623 km (2012)

paved: 59,623 km (includes Kurdistan region) (2012)

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)

Merchant marine

total: 68

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 61 (2020)

Ports and terminals

river port(s): Al Basrah (Shatt al Arab); Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr (Khawr az Zubayr waterway)

NOTE: The information regarding Iraq on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.