Ire Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 450

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 167,598,633 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 168.71 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EI

Airports

total: 40 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 16

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 5 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 24

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 21 (2021)

Pipelines

2,427 km gas (2017)

Railways

total: 4,301 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 1,930 km (2018) 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants)

broad gauge: 2,371 km (2018) 1.600-m gauge (53 km electrified)

Roadways

total: 99,830 km (2018)

paved: 99,830 km (2018) (includes 2,717 km of expressways)

Waterways

956 km (2010) (pleasure craft only)

Merchant marine

total: 96

by type: bulk carrier 12, general cargo 36, oil tanker 1, other 47 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dublin, Shannon Foynes

cruise port(s): Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020)

container port(s) (TEUs): Dublin (529,563) (2016)

river port(s): Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir)

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