Netherlands Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 238

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,996,044 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,886,510,000 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

PH

Airports

total: 29 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 23 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 (2017)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 2 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 6 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

14000 km gas, 2500 km oil and refined products, 3000 km chemicals (2016)

Railways

total: 3,058 km (2016)

standard gauge: 3,058 km 1.435-m gauge (2,314 km electrified) (2016)

Roadways

total: 139,124 km (includes 3,654 km of expressways) (2016)

Waterways

6,237 km (navigable by ships up to 50 tons) (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 1,200

by type: bulk carrier 10, container ship 45, general cargo 557, oil tanker 23, other 565 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): IJmuiden, Vlissingen

container port(s) (TEUs): Rotterdam (13,734,000) (2017)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Rotterdam

river port(s): Amsterdam (Nordsee Kanaal); Moerdijk (Hollands Diep River); Rotterdam (Rhine River); Terneuzen (Western Scheldt River)

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