Malta Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 13 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 180

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,576,898 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5.14 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9H

Airports

total: 1 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 1 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

Heliports

2 (2013)

Roadways

total: 2,254 km (2001)

paved: 1,973 km (2001)

unpaved: 281 km (2001)

urban: 1,422 km (2001)

non-urban: 832 km (2001)

Merchant marine

total: 2,207

by type: bulk carrier 617, container ship 315, general cargo 240, oil tanker 422, other 613 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta

container port(s) (TEUs): Marsaxlokk (3,150,000) (2017)

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