National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 9
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 382
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 26,036,010
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 945,433,732 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
I (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
129 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 45
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 98
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 9
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 31
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 29
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 11 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 31
[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: 10
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 20 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
5 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
gas 20,223 km; oil 1,393 km; refined products 1,574 km (2013)
total: 20,181.7 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 18,770.1 km 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 122.3 km 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified); 1,289.3 km 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 14
total: 487,700 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 487,700 km (includes 6,700 km of expressways) (2007)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 15
2,400 km (used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 36
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 1,430
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 65, container ship 10, general cargo 145, oil tanker 135, other 1,075 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 20
major seaport(s): Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
oil terminal(s): Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal
container port(s) (TEUs): Genoa (2,243,000), Gioia Tauro (3,512,000), La Spezia (1,300,000) (2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): La Spezia, Panigaglia, Porto Levante