Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Iran? Iran has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 850 km (2012) (on Karun River; some navigation on Lake Urmia). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is EP
Transportation in Iran
| Number of Airports | 173 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 89 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 7 km condensate, 973 km condensate/gas, 20,794 km gas, 570 km liquid petroleum gas, 8,625 km oil, 7,937 km refined products (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 8,483.5 km (2014) |
| Standard gauge | 8,389.5 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified) |
| Broad gauge | 94 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 223,485 km |
| Paved | 195,618 km |
| Unpaved | 27,867 km (2016) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 22 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 237 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 25,604,871 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 290.74 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 965 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 32, container ship 28, general cargo 398, oil tanker 86, other 421 |
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