Bangladesh: Transportation#
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 6 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 30 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,906,799 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 182,692,553 mt-km (2015) |
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| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | S2 (2016) |
| Airports | 18 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 16 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 5 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2013) |
| Heliports | 3 (2013) |
| Pipelines | gas 2,950 km (2013) |
| Railways | total: 2,460 km broad gauge: 659 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,801 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 21,269 km paved: 2,021 km unpaved: 19,248 km (2010) |
| Waterways | 8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2011) |
| Merchant marine | total: 62 by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 28, chemical tanker 1, container 5, petroleum tanker 3 foreign-owned: 8 (China 1, Singapore 7) registered in other countries: 10 (Comoros 1, Hong Kong 1, Panama 5, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 1) (2010) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Chittagong river port(s): Mongla Port (Sela River) container port(s): Chittagong (1,392,104) (2011) |
| Transportation - note | the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh remain a risk for armed robbery against ships; in 2014, attacks against commercial vessels increased to 21 over 12 such incidents in 2013 |