National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 20
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1,113
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 115,540,886
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 6,985,007,915 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
D (2016)

Airports:
539 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 318
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 14
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 49
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 60
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 70
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 125 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 221
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 35
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 185 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
23 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
condensate 37 km; gas 26,985 km; oil 2,826 km; refined products 4,479 km; water 8 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 43,468.3 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 43,209.3 km 1.435-m gauge (19,973 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 220 km 1.000-m gauge (79 km electrified); 15 km 0.900-m gauge; 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 6

Roadways:
total: 645,000 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 645,000 km (includes 12,800 km of expressways)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
note: includes local roads (2010)
country comparison to the world: 12

Waterways:
7,467 km (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 614
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 117, general cargo 87, oil tanker 34, other 375 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 35

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Baltic Sea - Rostock; North Sea - Wilhelmshaven
river port(s): Bremen (Weser); Bremerhaven (Geeste); Duisburg, Karlsruhe, Neuss-Dusseldorf (Rhine); Brunsbuttel, Hamburg (Elbe); Lubeck (Wakenitz)
oil terminal(s): Brunsbuttel Canal terminals
container port(s): Bremen/Bremerhaven (5,547,000), Hamburg (8,821,000) (2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Hamburg