National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 2
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 11
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 475,932
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,517,388 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
YK (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
90 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 29
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 5
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 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: 5 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 61
[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: 12
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 48 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
6 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
gas 3,170 km; oil 2,029 km (2013)
total: 2,052 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 1,801 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 75
total: 69,873 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 63,060 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 6,813 km (2010)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 68
900 km (navigable but not economically significant) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 68
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 21
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 7, other 13 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 133
major seaport(s): Baniyas, Latakia, Tartus