Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Iraq? Iraq has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 5,279 km (2012) (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is YI
Transportation in Iraq
| Number of Airports | 71 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 10 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 2,455 km gas, 913 km liquid petroleum gas, 5,432 km oil, 1,637 km refined products (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 2,272 km (2014) |
| Standard gauge | 2,272 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 58,592 km (2021) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 4 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 34 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 2,075,065 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 16.2 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 74 (2023) |
| By type | general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 67 |
All Important Facts about Iraq
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