National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 4
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 484,803
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,758,230 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
YI (2016)

Airports:
102 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 72
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 20
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 34
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 7 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 30
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
[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: 13
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 6 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
16 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 2,455 km; liquid petroleum gas 913 km; oil 5,432 km; refined products 1,637 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 2,272 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 69

Roadways:
total: 59,623 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 59,623 km (includes Kurdistan Region) (2012)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 71

Waterways:
5,279 km (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 77
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 70 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 98

Ports and terminals:
river port(s): Al Basrah (Shatt al-'Arab); Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr (Khawr az Zubayr waterway)