Turkmenistan Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 27

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,457,474 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.92 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

EZ

Airports

23 (2024)

Heliports

25 (2024)

Pipelines

7,500 km gas, 1501 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 5,113 km (2017)

broad gauge: 5,113 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge

Roadways

total: 58,592 km (2002)

paved: 47,577 km (2002)

unpaved: 11,015 km (2002)

Waterways

1,300 km (2011) (Amu Darya River and Kara Kum Canal are important inland waterways)

Merchant marine

total: 73 (2023)

by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 8, other 59

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Caspian Sea - Turkmenbasy