Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in France? France has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is F
Transportation in France
| Number of Airports | 689 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 290 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 15,322 km gas, 2,939 km oil, 5,084 km refined products (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 27,860 km (2020) 16,660 km electrified |
| Narrow gauge | -5 km |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 1,090,059 km (2022) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 19 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 553 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 70,188,028 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 4,443,790,000 (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 553 (2023) |
| By type | container ship 32, general cargo 48, oil tanker 25, other 448 |
All Important Facts about France
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