Sri Lanka Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 34

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,882,376 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 436.2 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

4R

Airports

18 (2024)

Heliports

1 (2024)

Pipelines

7 km refined products

Railways

total: 1,562 km (2016)

broad gauge: 1,562 km (2016) 1.676-m gauge

Roadways

total: 114,093 km (2010)

paved: 16,977 km (2010)

unpaved: 97,116 km (2010)

Waterways

160 km (2012) (primarily on rivers in southwest)

Merchant marine

total: 96 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 5, general cargo 15, oil tanker 11, other 65

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Colombo

container port(s) (TEUs): Colombo (7,250,000) (2021)