Philippines Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 13 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 200

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,080,118 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 835.9 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

RP

Airports

total: 247 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 89

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 8

1,524 to 2,437 m: 33

914 to 1,523 m: 34

under 914 m: 10 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 158

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 56

under 914 m: 99 (2021)

Heliports

2 (2021)

Pipelines

530 km gas, 138 km oil (non-operational), 185 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 77 km (2017)

standard gauge: 49 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 28 km (2017) 1.067-m gauge

Roadways

total: 216,387 km (2014)

paved: 61,093 km (2014)

unpaved: 155,294 km (2014)

Waterways

3,219 km (2011) (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m)

Merchant marine

total: 1,805

by type: bulk carrier 62, container ship 44, general cargo 716, oil tanker 205, other 778 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila

container port(s) (TEUs): Manila (5,315,500) (2019)

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