Papua New Guinea Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 48

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 964,713 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30.93 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

P2

Airports

total: 561 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 21

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 540

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

914 to 1,523 m: 53

under 914 m: 476 (2021)

Heliports

2 (2021)

Pipelines

264 km oil (2013)

Roadways

total: 9,349 km (2011)

paved: 3,000 km (2011)

unpaved: 6,349 km (2011)

Waterways

11,000 km (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 177

by type: container ship 6, general cargo 81, oil tanker 3, other 87 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak

LNG terminal(s) (export): Port Moresby

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