Nepal Transportation - 2021

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,296,953 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.66 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9N

Airports

total: 47 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 11 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 1 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 36 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2013)

under 914 m: 29 (2013)

Railways

total: 59 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2018)

Roadways

total: 27,990 km (2016)

paved: 11,890 km (2016)

unpaved: 16,100 km (2016)