8 GeoFroggy

National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 7 (2015)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 117 (2015)

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 11,193,023 (2015)

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

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

OO (2016);

Pipelines

3139 km gas, 154 km oil, 535 km refined products (2013);

Railways

Total: 3,592 km (2014)

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

Country comparison to the world: 53

Roadways

Total: 154,012 km (2010)

Paved: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways) (2010)

Unpaved: 33,498 km (2010)

Country comparison to the world: 33

Merchant Marine

Total: 185 (2017)

By type: bulk carrier 15, general cargo 15, oil tanker 20, other 135 (2017)

Country comparison to the world: 66

Ports and Terminals

Major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge

Container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (10,037,341) (2016)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge

River port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River)

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

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    15 (2013)
  • Under 914 m
    15 (2013)