South Korea

South Korea Transport System

INational air transport system number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 424

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 88,157,579 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11,929,560,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix HL

Airports total: 111 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 52 Airports - with paved runways total: 71

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 19

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 13

under 914 m: 23 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways total: 40

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 38 (2021)

Heliports 466 (2021)

Pipelines 3,790 km gas, 16 km oil, 889 km refined products (2018)

Railways total: 3,979 km (2016)

standard gauge: 3,979 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified)

country comparison to the world: 49 Roadways total: 100,428 km (2016)

paved: 92,795 km (2016) (includes 4,193 km of expressways)

unpaved: 7,633 km (2016)

country comparison to the world: 46 Waterways 1,600 km (2011) (most navigable only by small craft)

country comparison to the world: 51 Merchant marine total: 1,904

by type: bulk carrier 78, container ship 91, general cargo 360, oil tanker 184, other 1,191 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 13 Ports and terminals major seaport(s): Busan, Incheon, Gunsan, Kwangyang, Mokpo, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu

container port(s) (TEUs): Busan (21,992,001), Incheon (3,091,955), Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Incheon, Kwangyang, Pyeongtaek, Samcheok, Tongyeong, Yeosu