Portugal Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 10 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 168

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,367,956 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 454.21 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

CR, CS

Airports

total: 64 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 43 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2017)

under 914 m: 8 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 21 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)

under 914 m: 20 (2013)

Pipelines

1344 km gas, 11 km oil, 188 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 3,075 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 108.1 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 2,439 km 1.668-m gauge (1,633.4 km electrified) (2014)

other: 528 km (gauge unspecified) (2014)

Roadways

total: 82,900 km (2008)

paved: 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways) (2008)

unpaved: 11,606 km (2008)

Waterways

210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 673

by type: bulk carrier 74, container ship 255, general cargo 122, oil tanker 23, other 199 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

container port(s) (TEUs): Sines (1,669,057) (2017)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Sines

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