Ireland Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 450

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1.676 million (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 168.71 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EI

Airports

100 (2024)

Heliports

5 (2024)

Pipelines

2,427 km gas (2017)

Railways

total: 1,688 km (2020) 53 km electrified

Roadways

total: 102,227 km (2022)

Waterways

956 km (2010) (pleasure craft only)

Merchant marine

total: 94 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 12, general cargo 32, oil tanker 1, other 49

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dublin, Shannon Foynes

cruise port(s): Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020)

container port(s) (TEUs): Dublin (529,563) (2016)

river port(s): Cork (Lee), Waterford (Suir)