Iraq Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,200 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 2,200 km 1.435-m gauge
Highways:
total: 45,550 km (1999 est.)
paved: 38,399 km
unpaved: 7,151 km
Waterways:
5,275 km (not all navigable) (2004 est.)
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways
Pipelines:
gas: 1,739 km
oil: 5,418 km
refined products: 1,343 km
Ports and harbors:
Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr
Merchant marine:
total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 83,221 GRT / 125,255 DWT
by type: cargo 11, petroleum tanker 3
(2005)
Airports:
111 (2004 est.)
note: Unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 79
over 3047m: 21
2438 to 3047m: 36
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 7
under 914m: 10
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 32
over 3047m: 2
2438 to 3047m: 4
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 12
under 914m: 9
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
6 (2004 est.)
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