Ireland Transportation 2008

Airports:
34 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 16 (2007)

Pipelines:
gas 1,728 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2006)

Roadways:
total: 96,602 km
paved: 96,602 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2003)

Waterways:
956 km (pleasure craft only) (2007)

Merchant marine:
total: 27 ships (1000 GRT or over) 116,091 GRT/161,808 DWT
by type: cargo 23, chemical tanker 2, container 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Spain 1, US 2)
registered in other countries: 18 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Germany 1, Isle of Man 1, Netherlands 9, Panama 1, UK 1, unknown 1) (2007)