Lebanon Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,981,937 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 56.57 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

OD

Airports

total: 8 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 5 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 1

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

under 914 m: 1 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

88 km gas (2013)

Railways

total: 401 km (2017)

standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m gauge (2017)

note: rail system is still unusable due to damage sustained from fighting in the 1980s and in 2006

Roadways

total: 21,705 km (2017)

Merchant marine

total: 52

by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 12 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Beirut, Tripoli

container port(s) (TEUs): Beirut (1,305,038) (2017)

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