Nepal Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,296,953 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.66 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9N

Airports

total: 47 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 11

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 36

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 29 (2021)

Railways

total: 59 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 59 km (2018) 0.762-m gauge

Roadways

total: 27,990 km (2016)

paved: 11,890 km (2016)

unpaved: 16,100 km (2016)

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