Iran Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 22 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 237

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 25,604,871 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 290.74 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EP

Airports

173 (2024)

Heliports

89 (2024)

Pipelines

7 km condensate, 973 km condensate/gas, 20,794 km gas, 570 km liquid petroleum gas, 8,625 km oil, 7,937 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 8,483.5 km (2014)

standard gauge: 8,389.5 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified)

broad gauge: 94 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge

Roadways

total: 223,485 km (2016)

paved: 195,618 km (2016)

unpaved: 27,867 km (2016)

Waterways

850 km (2012) (on Karun River; some navigation on Lake Urmia)

Merchant marine

total: 965 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 32, container ship 28, general cargo 398, oil tanker 86, other 421

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Bandar-e Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni

container port(s) (TEUs): Bandar Abbas