National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 3
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 25
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 4,911,730
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 381,381,300 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
4R (2016)

Airports:
19 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 137
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 4
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 3 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
1 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 1,447 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
broad gauge: 1,447 km 1.676-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 82

Roadways:
total: 114,093 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 16,977 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 97,116 km (2010)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 42

Waterways:
160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 82
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 1, general cargo 9, oil tanker 10, other 54 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 94

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Colombo
container port(s) (TEUs): Colombo (3,651,963)