Tunisia Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 53

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 4,274,199 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 13.23 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TS

Airports

total: 29 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 15 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 4 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 14 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2013)

under 914 m: 8 (2013)

Pipelines

68 km condensate, 3111 km gas, 1381 km oil, 453 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 2,173 km (1,991 in use) (2014)

standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge: 1,694 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2014)

dual gauge: 8 km 1.435-1.000-m gauge (2014)

Roadways

paved: 20,000 km (2015)

Merchant marine

total: 69

by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 1, other 59 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Bizerte, Gabes, Rades, Sfax, Skhira

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