Ire Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 450

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 167,598,633 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 168.71 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EI

Airports

total: 40 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 16 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 5

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 24 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

under 914 m: 21 (2013)

Pipelines

2,427 km gas (2017)

Railways

total: 4,301 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 1,930 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2018)

broad gauge: 2,371 km 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified) (2018)

Roadways

total: 99,830 km (2018)

paved: 99,830 km (includes 2,717 km of expressways) (2018)

Waterways

956 km (pleasure craft only) (2010)

Merchant marine

total: 95

by type: bulk carrier 11, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 46 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dublin, Shannon Foynes

cruise port(s): Cork, Dublin

container port(s) (TEUs): Dublin (529,563) (2016)

river port(s): Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir)

NOTE: The information regarding Ire 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 Ire 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ire 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.