Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Germany? Germany has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 7,300 km (2022) (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is D
Transportation in Germany
| Number of Airports | 838 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 388 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 37 km condensate, 26,985 km gas, 2,400 km oil, 4,479 km refined products, 8 km water (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 39,379 km (2020) 20,942 km electrified |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 830,000 km 830,000 km |
| Paved | 830,000 km (2022) (includes 13,155 km of expressways) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 20 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 1,113 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 109,796,202 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 7,969,860,000 (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 595 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 1, container ship 69, general cargo 82, oil tanker 32, other 411 |
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