Switzerland Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 179

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 28,857,994 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,841,310,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HB

Airports

total: 63 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 40

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 17 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 23

under 914 m: 23 (2021)

Heliports

2 (2021)

Pipelines

1,800 km gas, 94 km oil (of which 60 are inactive), 17 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 5,466 km (2015) (includes 19 km in neighboring countries)

standard gauge: 3,836 km (2015) 1.435-m gauge (3,634 km electrified)

narrow gauge: 1,630 km (2015) 1.200-m gauge (2 km electrified) (includes 19 km in neighboring countries)

Roadways

total: 71,557 km (2017)

paved: 71,557 km (2017) (includes 1,458 of expressways)

Waterways

1,292 km (2010) (there are 1,227 km of waterways on lakes and rivers for public transport and 65 km on the Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee for commercial goods transport)

Merchant marine

total: 20

by type: bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein) (2021)

Ports and terminals

river port(s): Basel (Rhine)

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