National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 3
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 47
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,527,368
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,277,996 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
YL (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
42 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 101
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 18
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
[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: 3
[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 ]
total: 24
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
under 914 m: 24 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
1 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
gas 928 km; refined products 415 km (2013)
total: 2,239 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
broad gauge: 2,206 km 1.520-m gauge
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750-m gauge (2008)
country comparison to the world: 70
total: 72,440 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 14,707 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 57,733 km (2013)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 65
300 km (navigable year-round) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 65
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 8, other 42 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 103
major seaport(s): Riga, Ventspils