Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Sri Lanka? Sri Lanka has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 160 km (2012) (primarily on rivers in southwest). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is 4R
Transportation in Sri Lanka
| Number of Airports | 18 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 1 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 7 km refined products |
| Railways | |
| Total | 1,562 km (2016) |
| Broad gauge | 1,562 km (2016) 1.676-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 114,093 km |
| Paved | 16,977 km |
| Unpaved | 97,116 km (2010) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 3 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 34 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 5,882,376 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 436.2 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 96 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 5, general cargo 15, oil tanker 11, other 65 |
All Important Facts about Sri Lanka
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