National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 3
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 541,129
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7,130,148 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
JU (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine:
44 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 15
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
total: 29
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
1 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
total: 1,815 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.520-m gauge
note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway (2016)
country comparison to the world: 78
total: 49,249 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 4,800 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 44,449 km (2013)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 79
580 km (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice free from May to September) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 261
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 101, oil tanker 67, other 80 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 58