Latvia Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 53

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 4,058,762 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.01 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

YL

Airports

total: 42 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 18

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 7 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 24

under 914 m: 24 (2021)

Heliports

1 (2021)

Pipelines

1,213 km gas, 417 km refined products (2018)

Railways

total: 1,860 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 34 km (2018) 0.750-m gauge

broad gauge: 1,826 km (2018) 1.520-m gauge

Roadways

total: 70,244 km (2018)

paved: 15,158 km (2018)

unpaved: 55,086 km (2018)

Waterways

300 km (2010) (navigable year-round)

Merchant marine

total: 70

by type: general cargo 22, oil tanker 9, other 39 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Riga, Ventspils

Transportation - note

Latvia operates one PC 5 or 6 class icebreaker in the Baltic Sea
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 Latvia 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 Latvia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Latvia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.