Azerbaijan Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 42 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 44

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,279,546 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 44.09 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

4K

Airports

total: 23 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 30

over 3,047 m: 5

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 3 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 7

under 914 m: 7 (2021)

Heliports

1 (2021)

Pipelines

89 km condensate, 3,890 km gas, 2,446 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 2,944.3 km (2017)

broad gauge: 2,944.3 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge (approx. 1,767 km electrified)

Roadways

total: 24,981 km (2013)

note: total roadway length has increased significantly and continues to grow due to the recovery of Armenian-held territories and related reconstruction efforts. No updated figure is currently available.

Merchant marine

total: 305

by type: general cargo 38, oil tanker 43, other 224 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Baku (Baki) located on the Caspian Sea

NOTE: The information regarding Azerbaijan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Azerbaijan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Azerbaijan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.