Turkmenistan Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 27

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,457,474 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.92 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EZ

Airports

total: 26 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 21 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 5 (2013)

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

under 914 m: 4 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

7500 km gas, 1501 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 5,113 km (2017)

broad gauge: 5,113 km 1.520-m gauge (2017)

Roadways

total: 58,592 km (2002)

paved: 47,577 km (2002)

unpaved: 11,015 km (2002)

Waterways

1,300 km (Amu Darya River and Kara Kum Canal are important inland waterways) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 68

by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 8, other 54 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Caspian Sea - Turkmenbasy

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