Spain Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 21 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 552

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 80,672,105 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.117 billion (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EC

Airports

total: 135 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 102

over 3,047 m: 18

2,438 to 3,047 m: 16

1,524 to 2,437 m: 19

914 to 1,523 m: 26

under 914 m: 23 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 33

914 to 1,523 m: 14

under 914 m: 19 (2021)

Heliports

13 (2021)

Pipelines

10,481 km gas, 358 km oil, 4,378 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 15,111 km (2017) (9,699 km electrified)

standard gauge: 2,571 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (2,571 km electrified)

narrow gauge: 1,207 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge (400 km electrified)

broad gauge: 11,333 km (2017) 1.668-m gauge (6,538 km electrified)

mixed gauge: 190 km 1.668-mm and 1.435mm gauge (190.1 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-mm gauge (28 km electrified); 4 km 0.600-mm gauge

Roadways

total: 683,175 km (2011)

paved: 683,175 km (2011) (includes 16,205 km of expressways)

Waterways

1,000 km (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 478

by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 36, oil tanker 24, other 417 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s):
Atlantic Ocean: Bilbao, Huelva; Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (in the Canary Islands)
Mediterranean Sea: Algeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Tarragona, Valencia

container port(s) (TEUs): Algeciras (5,125,385), Barcelona (3,324,650), Valencia (5,439,827) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, El Musel, Huelva, Mugardos, Sagunto

river port(s): Seville (Guadalquivir River)

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