
Transportation
Afghanistan.National air transport system: number of registered air carriers: 4 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 20 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,929,907 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 33,102,038 mt-km (2015) Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: YA (2016) Airports: 43 (2016) country comparison to the world: 91 Airports - with paved runways: total: 25 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2017) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 18 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 5 (2016) Heliports: 9 (2013) Pipelines: gas 466 km (2013) Roadways: total: 42,150 km paved: 12,350 km unpaved: 29,800 km (2006) country comparison to the world: 86 Waterways: 1,200 km; (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2011) country comparison to the world: 60 Ports and terminals: river port(s): Kheyrabad, Shir Khan