National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 14
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 101
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 10,159,464
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 397,531,535 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
SU (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
83 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 72
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 15
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 36
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 6 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 11
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 4
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 3 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
7 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
condensate 486 km; condensate/gas 74 km; gas 7,986 km; liquid petroleum gas 957 km; oil 5,225 km; oil/gas/water 37 km; refined products 895 km; water 65 km (2013)
total: 5,085 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 5,085 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 38
total: 137,430 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 126,742 km (includes 838 km of expressways)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 10,688 km (2010)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 38
3,500 km (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) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 399
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 33, oil tanker 36, other 308 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 46
major seaport(s): Mediterranean Sea - Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said; Gulf of Suez - Suez
oil terminal(s): Ain Sukhna terminal, Sidi Kerir terminal
container port(s) (TEUs): Alexandria (1,662,000), Port Said (East) (3,036,000) (2015)
LNG terminal(s) (export): Damietta, Idku (Abu Qir Bay)