Philippines Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 13 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 200

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,080,118 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 835.9 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

RP

Airports

total: 247 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 89 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 8

1,524 to 2,437 m: 33

914 to 1,523 m: 34

under 914 m: 10

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 158 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 56 (2013)

under 914 m: 99 (2013)

Heliports

2 (2013)

Pipelines

530 km gas, 138 km oil (non-operational), 185 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 77 km (2017)

standard gauge: 49 km 1.435-m gauge (2017)

narrow gauge: 28 km 1.067-m gauge (2017)

Roadways

total: 216,387 km (2014)

paved: 61,093 km (2014)

unpaved: 155,294 km (2014)

Waterways

3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 1,747

by type: bulk carrier 69, container ship 45, general cargo 682, oil tanker 203, other 748 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila

container port(s) (TEUs): Manila (4,782,240) (2017)

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