Azerbaijan Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 42 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 44

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,279,546 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 44.09 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

4K

Airports

32 (2024)

Heliports

5 (2024)

Pipelines

89 km condensate, 3,890 km gas, 2,446 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 2,944.3 km (2017)

broad gauge: 2,944.3 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge (approx. 1,767 km electrified)

Roadways

total: 24,981 km (2013)

note: total roadway length has increased significantly and continues to grow due to the recovery of Armenian-held territories and related reconstruction efforts. No updated figure is currently available.

Merchant marine

total: 312 (2023)

by type: general cargo 40, oil tanker 44, other 228

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Baku (Baki) located on the Caspian Sea