India: Transportation#
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 20 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 485 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 98,927,860 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,833,847,614 mt-km (2015) |
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Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | VT (2016) |
Airports | 346 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 253 over 3,047 m: 22 2,438 to 3,047 m: 59 1,524 to 2,437 m: 76 914 to 1,523 m: 82 under 914 m: 14 (2013) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 93 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 38 under 914 m: 45 (2013) |
Heliports | 45 (2013) |
Pipelines | condensate/gas 9 km; gas 13,581 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,054 km; oil 8,943 km; oil/gas/water 20 km; refined products 11,069 km (2013) |
Railways | total: 68,525 km broad gauge: 58,404 km 1.676-m gauge (23,654 electrified) narrow gauge: 9,499 km 1.000-m gauge; 622 km 0.762-m gauge (2014) |
Roadways | total: 4,699,024 km note: includes 96,214 km of national highways and expressways, 147,800 km of state highways, and 4,455,010 km of other roads (2015) |
Waterways | 14,500 km (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels) (2012) |
Merchant marine | total: 340 by type: bulk carrier 104, cargo 78, chemical tanker 22, container 14, liquefied gas 11, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 15, petroleum tanker 92 foreign-owned: 10 (China 1, Hong Kong 2, Jersey 2, Malaysia 1, UAE 4) registered in other countries: 76 (Cyprus 4, Dominica 2, Liberia 8, Malta 3, Marshall Islands 10, Nigeria 1, Panama 24, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2, Singapore 21, unknown 1) (2010) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru Port, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka, Vishakhapatnam container port(s) (TEUs): Chennai (1,558,343), Jawaharal Nehru Port (4,307,622) LNG terminal(s) (import): Dabhol, Dahej, Hazira |