Bangladesh

BangladeshNational 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) Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: S2 (2016) Airports: 18 (2013) country comparison to the world: 139 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 (2017) 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) country comparison to the world: 68 Roadways: total: 21,269 km paved: 2,021 km unpaved: 19,248 km (2010) country comparison to the world: 106 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) country comparison to the world: 16 Merchant marine: total: 306 by type: bulk carrier 28, container ship 4, general cargo 75, oil tanker 110, other 89 (2017) country comparison to the world: 52 Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Chittagong river port(s): Mongla Port (Sela River) container port(s): Chittagong (1,392,104) (2011)