National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 8
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 221 (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
B (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
37 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 35
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 8
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 8
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 2
[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 ]
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
31 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
condensate 25 km; gas 802 km; oil 241 km (2013)
total: 1,597 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (692 km electrified); 150 km 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower (2014)
country comparison to the world: 81
total: 42,520 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 42,078 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 442 km (2013)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 85
total: 350
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 26, container ship 38, general cargo 59, oil tanker 24, other 203 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 49
major seaport(s): Keelung (Chi-lung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung
container port(s) (TEUs): Keelung (Chi-lung) (2,666,000), Kaohsiung (10,264,000), Taichung (1,447,000) (2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Yung An (Kaohsiung), Taichung