National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 28
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1,242
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 131,449,680
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,466,504,676 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
G (2016)

Airports:
460 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 271
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 29
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 89
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 80
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 66 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 189
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 26
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 160 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
9 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
condensate 502 km; condensate/gas 9 km; gas 28,603 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 5,256 km; oil/gas/water 175 km; refined products 4,919 km; water 255 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 16,837 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland)
standard gauge: 16,534 km 1.435-m gauge (5,357 km electrified) (2015)
country comparison to the world: 16

Roadways:
total: 394,428 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 18

Waterways:
3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2009)
country comparison to the world: 31
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 1,551
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 117, container ship 112, general cargo 175, oil tanker 173, other 974 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 17

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England); Forth Ports (Scotland); Milford Haven (Wales)
oil terminal(s): Fawley Marine terminal, Liverpool Bay terminal (England); Braefoot Bay terminal, Finnart oil terminal, Hound Point terminal (Scotland)
container port(s) (TEUs): Felixstowe (3,676,000), London (1,185,000), Southampton (2,349,000) (2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Isle of Grain, Milford Haven, Teesside