Turkey Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 11 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 618

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 115,595,495 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,949,210,000 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TC

Airports

total: 98 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 91 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 16 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 38 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 16 (2013)

under 914 m: 4 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 7 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)

Heliports

20 (2013)

Pipelines

14,666 km gas, 3,293 km oil (2017)

Railways

total: 12,710 km (2018)

standard gauge: 11,497 km 1.435-m gauge (1.435 km high speed train) (2018)

Roadways

total: 67,333 km (2018)

paved: 24,082 km (includes 2,159 km of expressways) (2018)

unpaved: 43,251 km (2018)

Waterways

1,200 km (2010)

Merchant marine

total: 1,216

by type: bulk carrier 50, container ship 42, general cargo 338, oil tanker 121, other 665 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Aliaga, Ambarli, Diliskelesi, Eregli, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mersin (Icel), Limani, Yarimca

container port(s) (TEUs): Ambarli (3,131,621), Mersin (Icel) (1,592,000) (2017)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Izmir Aliaga, Marmara Ereglisi

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