8 GeoFroggy

National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 7

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 117

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 11,193,023

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,464,316,900 mt-km (2015)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

OO (2016)

Pipelines

Gas 3,139 km; oil 154 km; refined products 535 km (2013)

Railways

Total: 3,592 km

Standard gauge: 3,592 km 1.435-m gauge (2,960 km electrified) (2014)

Country comparison to the world: 50

Roadways

Total: 154,012 km

Paved: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)

Unpaved: 33,498 km (2010)

Country comparison to the world: 33

Merchant Marine

Total: 87

By type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas 23, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 7

Foreign-owned: 15 (Denmark 4, France 7, Russia 1, UK 2, US 1)

Registered in other countries: 107 (Bahamas 6, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 3, France 7, Gibraltar 1, Greece 17, Hong Kong 26, Liberia 1, Luxembourg 11, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 1, Mozambique 2, North Korea 1, Panama 1, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7, Singapore 1, Vanuatu 1) (2010)

Country comparison to the world: 57

Ports and Terminals

Major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge

River port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River); Brussels (Senne River); Liege (Meuse River)

Container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (9,654,000), Zeebrugge (1,569,000) (2015)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge

Year

Airports

  • 41 (2013)

Heliports

  • 1 (2013)

Waterways

  • 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    26
  • Over 3,047 m
    6
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    9
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    2
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    1
  • Under 914 m
    8 (2017)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    15
  • Under 914 m
    15 (2013)