United Kingdom: Transportation#
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 28 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1,242 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 131,449,680 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,466,504,676 mt-km (2015) |
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| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | G (2016) |
| Airports | 460 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 271 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 29 1,524 to 2,437 m: 89 914 to 1,523 m: 80 under 914 m: 66 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 189 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 26 under 914 m: 160 (2013) |
| Heliports | 9 (2013) |
| Pipelines | condensate 502 km; condensate/gas 9 km; gas 28,603 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 5,256 km; oil/gas/water 175 km; refined products 4,919 km; water 255 km (2013) |
| Railways | total: 16,837 km broad gauge: 303 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) standard gauge: 16,534 km 1.435-m gauge (5,357 km electrified) (2015) |
| Roadways | total: 394,428 km paved: 394,428 km (includes 3,519 km of expressways) (2009) |
| Waterways | 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2009) |
| Merchant marine | total: 504 by type: bulk carrier 33, cargo 76, carrier 4, chemical tanker 58, container 178, liquefied gas 6, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 66, petroleum tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 31, vehicle carrier 25 foreign-owned: 271 (Australia 1, Bermuda 6, China 7, Denmark 43, France 39, Germany 59, Hong Kong 12, Ireland 1, Italy 3, Japan 5, Netherlands 1, Norway 32, Sweden 28, Taiwan 11, Tanzania 1, UAE 8, US 14) registered in other countries: 308 (Algeria 15, Antigua and Barbuda 1, Argentina 2, Australia 5, Bahamas 18, Barbados 6, Belgium 2, Belize 4, Bermuda 14, Bolivia 1, Brunei 2, Cabo Verde 1, Cambodia 1, Cayman Islands 2, Comoros 1, Cook Islands 2, Cyprus 7, Georgia 5, Gibraltar 6, Greece 6, (2010) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Dover, Felixstowe, Immingham, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Teesport (England); Forth Ports (Scotland); Milford Haven (Wales) oil terminals: Fawley Marine terminal, Liverpool Bay terminal (England); Braefoot Bay terminal, Finnart oil terminal, Hound Point terminal (Scotland) container port(s) (TEUs): Felixstowe (3,248,592), London (1,932,000), Southampton (1,324,581) LNG terminal(s) (import): Isle of Grain, Milford Haven, Teesside |