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Kuwait

Transportation

Kuwait Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 44

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 6,464,847 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 392.36 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix 9K

Airports total: 7 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 169 Airports - with paved runways total: 4

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways total: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

under 914 m: 2 (2021)

Heliports 4 (2021)

Pipelines 261 km gas, 540 km oil, 57 km refined products (2013)

Roadways total: 5,749 km (2018)

paved: 4,887 km (2018)

unpaved: 862 km (2018)

country comparison to the world: 145 Merchant marine total: 165

by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 28, other 122 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 72 Ports and terminals major seaport(s): Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi

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

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