Belgium Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 117

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 13,639,487 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,285,340,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

OO

Airports

49 (2024)

Heliports

108 (2024)

Pipelines

3,139 km gas, 154 km oil, 535 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 3,602 km (2020) 3,160 km electrified

Roadways

total: 118,414 km

paved: 118,414 km (2015) (includes 1,747 km of expressways)

Waterways

2,043 km (2012) (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

Merchant marine

total: 198 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 17, container ship 2, general cargo 16, oil tanker 21, other 142

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge

container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (12,020,000) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge

river port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River)

Brussels (Senne River) Liege (Meuse River)