Tunisia Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 53

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 4,274,199 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 13.23 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TS

Airports

total: 29 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 15

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 14

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 8 (2021)

Pipelines

68 km condensate, 3,111 km gas, 1,381 km oil, 453 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 2,173 km (2014) (1,991 in use)

standard gauge: 471 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 1,694 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)

dual gauge: 8 km (2014) 1.435-1.000-m gauge

Roadways

paved: 20,000 km (2015)

Merchant marine

total: 71

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8 oil tanker 1, other 61 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Bizerte, Gabes, Rades, Sfax, Skhira

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