Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Mongolia? Mongolia has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 580 km (2010) (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice-free from May to September). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is JU
Transportation in Mongolia
| Number of Airports | 35 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | |
| Pipelines | |
| Railways | |
| Total | 1,815 km (2017) |
| Broad gauge | 1,815 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 113,200 km |
| Paved | 10,600 km |
| Unpaved | 102,600 km (2017) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 4 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 12 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 670,360 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 7.82 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 318 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 8, container ship 8, general cargo 151, oil tanker 58, other 93 |
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