Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Egypt? Egypt has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 3,500 km (2018) (includes the Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in Nile Delta; the Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) is navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is SU
Transportation in Egypt
| Number of Airports | 73 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 56 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 486 km condensate, 74 km condensate/gas, 7,986 km gas, 957 km liquid petroleum gas, 5,225 km oil, 37 km oil/gas/water, 895 km refined products, 65 km water (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 5,085 km (2014) |
| Standard gauge | 5,085 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 65,050 km |
| Paved | 48,000 km |
| Unpaved | 17,050 km (2019) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 14 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 101 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 12,340,832 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 437.63 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 441 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 14, container ship 6, general cargo 23, oil tanker 42, other 356 |
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