Israel Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 64

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 7,404,373 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 994.54 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

4X

Airports

total: 42 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 33

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 12

under 914 m: 8 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 9

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 6 (2021)

Heliports

3 (2021)

Pipelines

763 km gas, 442 km oil, 261 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 1,384 km (2019) (2019)

standard gauge: 1,384 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

Roadways

total: 19,555 km (2017)

paved: 19,555 km (2017) (includes 449 km of expressways)

Merchant marine

total: 41

by type: container ship 6, general cargo 2, oil tanker 4, other 29 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa

container port(s) (TEUs): Ashdod (1,584,000) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Hadera

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