Mongolia: Transportation#
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 3 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 541,129 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7,130,148 mt-km (2015) |
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Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | JU (2016) |
Airports | 44 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 15 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 29 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 under 914 m: 1 (2013) |
Heliports | 1 (2013) |
Railways | total: 1,815 km broad gauge: 1,815 km 1.520-m gauge note: national operator Ulannbaator Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway (2016) |
Roadways | total: 49,249 km paved: 4,800 km unpaved: 44,449 km (2013) |
Waterways | 580 km (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice free from May to September) (2010) |
Merchant marine | total: 57 by type: bulk carrier 21, cargo 25, chemical tanker 1, container 2, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 2, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle carrier 1 foreign-owned: 44 (Indonesia 2, Japan 2, North Korea 1, Russia 2, Singapore 3, Ukraine 1, Vietnam 33) (2010) |