Finland: Transportation#
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 3 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 73 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 9,972,333 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 713.484 million mt-km (2015) |
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Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | OH (2016) |
Airports | 148 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 74 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 26 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 21 under 914 m: 14 (2013) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 74 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 71 (2013) |
Pipelines | gas 1,689 km (2010) |
Railways | total: 5,919 km broad gauge: 5,919 km 1.524-m gauge (3,067 km electrified) (2014) |
Roadways | total: 454,000 km highways: 78,000 km (50,000 paved, including 700 km of expressways; 28,000 unpaved) urban roads: 26,000 km private and forest roads: 350,000 km (2012) |
Waterways | 8,000 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport used frequently in the summer and widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km); Finland also maintains 8,200 km of coastal fairways (2013) |
Merchant marine | total: 97 by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 25, carrier 1, chemical tanker 6, container 3, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 16, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 31, vehicle carrier 3 foreign-owned: 5 (Cyprus 1, Estonia 2, Iceland 1, Sweden 1) registered in other countries: 47 (Bahamas 8, Germany 3, Gibraltar 2, Malta 3, Netherlands 13, Panama 2, Sweden 16) (2010) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma |