Iran: Transportation#
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 15 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 228 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 15,003,958 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 107,184,869 mt-km (2015) |
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| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | EP (2016) |
| Airports | 319 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 140 over 3,047 m: 42 2,438 to 3,047 m: 29 1,524 to 2,437 m: 26 914 to 1,523 m: 36 under 914 m: 7 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 179 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 135 under 914 m: 32 (2013) |
| Heliports | 26 (2013) |
| Pipelines | condensate 7 km; condensate/gas 973 km; gas 20,794 km; liquid petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,625 km; refined products 7,937 km (2013) |
| Railways | total: 8,483.5 km broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge standard gauge: 8,389.5 km 1.435-m gauge (189.5 km electrified) (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 198,866 km paved: 160,366 km (includes 1,948 km of expressways) unpaved: 38,500 km (2010) |
| Waterways | 850 km (on Karun River; some navigation on Lake Urmia) (2012) |
| Merchant marine | total: 76 by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 51, chemical tanker 3, container 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 2 (UAE 2) registered in other countries: 71 (Barbados 5, Cyprus 10, Hong Kong 3, Malta 48, Panama 5) (2010) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Bandar-e Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Emam container port(s) (TEUs): Bandar Abbas (2,752,460) |