Denmark Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 10 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 76

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 582,011 (2015)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 (2015) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

OY

Airports

total: 80 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 28

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 2 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 52

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 47 (2021)

Pipelines

1,536 km gas, 330 km oil (2015)

Railways

total: 3,476 km (2017)

standard gauge: 3,476 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (1,756 km electrified)

Roadways

total: 74,558 km (2017)

paved: 74,558 km (2017) (includes 1,205 km of expressways)

Waterways

400 km (2010)

Merchant marine

total: 717

by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 148, general cargo 68, oil tanker 105, other 388 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Baltic Sea - Aarhus, Copenhagen, Fredericia, Kalundborg

cruise port(s): Copenhagen

river port(s): Aalborg (Langerak)

dry bulk cargo port(s): Ensted (coal)

North Sea - Esbjerg,

Transportation - note

Denmark operates icebreakers in the Baltic Sea and Danish Straits; currently operating three PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakers
note - PC indicates a Polar Class vessel: PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)

NOTE: The information regarding Denmark 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 Denmark 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.