Italy Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 180

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 27,630,435 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.418 billion mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

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Airports

total: 129 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 98 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 9 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 31 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 29 (2017)

under 914 m: 11 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 31 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2013)

under 914 m: 20 (2013)

Heliports

5 (2013)

Pipelines

20223 km gas, 1393 km oil, 1574 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 20,182 km (2014)

standard gauge: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified) (2014)

1289.3 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified)

Roadways

total: 487,700 km (2007)

paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)

Waterways

2,400 km (used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail) (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 1,310

by type: bulk carrier 42, container ship 7, general cargo 114, oil tanker 107, other 1,040 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Taranto, Trieste, Venice

oil terminal(s): Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal

container port(s) (TEUs): Genoa (2,622,200), Gioia Tauro (2,448,600) (2017)

LNG terminal(s) (import): La Spezia, Panigaglia, Porto Levante

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