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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Iran is found in Southern Asia