North Korea: Transportation#
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 1 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 17 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 223,418 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,574,719 mt-km (2015) |
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Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | P (2016) |
Airports | 82 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 39 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 22 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 4 (2013) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 43 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 8 (2013) |
Heliports | 23 (2013) |
Pipelines | oil 6 km (2013) |
Railways | total: 7,435 km standard gauge: 7,435 km 1.435-m gauge (5,400 km electrified) note: figures are approximate; some narrow-gauge railway also exists (2014) |
Roadways | total: 25,554 km paved: 724 km unpaved: 24,830 km (2006) |
Waterways | 2,250 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2011) |
Merchant marine | total: 158 by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 131, carrier 1, chemical tanker 1, container 4, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 12, refrigerated cargo 2 foreign-owned: 13 (Belgium 1, China 3, Nigeria 1, Singapore 1, South Korea 1, Syria 4, UAE 2) registered in other countries: 6 (Mongolia 1, Sierra Leone 2, unknown 3) (2010) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Namp'o, Senbong, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Wonsan |