8 GeoFroggy

National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 8

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 44

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,118,689

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,583,340 mt-km (2015)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

LZ (2016)

Pipelines

Gas 2,887 km; oil 346 km; refined products 378 km (2013)

Railways

Total: 5,114 km

Standard gauge: 4,989 km 1.435-m gauge (2,880 km electrified)

Narrow gauge: 125 km 0.760-m gauge (2014)

Country comparison to the world: 36

Roadways

Total: 19,512 km

Paved: 19,235 km (includes 458 km of expressways)

Unpaved: 277 km

Note: does not include Category IV local roads (2011)

Country comparison to the world: 111

Merchant Marine

Total: 22

By type: bulk carrier 9, cargo 8, liquefied gas 2, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 2

Foreign-owned: 14 (Germany 12, Russia 2)

Registered in other countries: 30 (Belize 1, Comoros 4, Georgia 1, Malta 8, Moldova 1, Panama 6, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9) (2010)

Country comparison to the world: 93

Ports and Terminals

major seaport(s): Burgas, Varna (Black Sea)
Year

Airports

  • 68 (2013)

Heliports

  • 1 (2013)

Waterways

  • 470 km (2009)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    57
  • Over 3,047 m
    2
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    17
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    12
  • Under 914 m
    26 (2013)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    11
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    2
  • Under 914 m
    9 (2013)