>Mongolia
National Air Transport System
National air transport system number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 670,360 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7.82 million (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix JU Airports total: 44 (2021) country comparison to the world: 98 Airports - with paved runways total: 15
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2021) Airports - with unpaved runways total: 29
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
under 914 m: 1 (2021)
Heliports 1 (2021)
Railways total: 1,815 km (2017)
broad gauge: 1,815 km (2017) 1.520-m gauge
note: national operator Ulaanbaatar Railway is jointly owned by the Mongolian Government and by the Russian State Railway country comparison to the world: 78 Roadways total: 113,200 km (2017)
paved: 10,600 km (2017)
unpaved: 102,600 km (2017) country comparison to the world: 44 Waterways 580 km (2010) (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice-free from May to September) country comparison to the world: 88
Merchant marine total: 302
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 7, general cargo 131, oil tanker 64, other 96 (2021) country comparison to the world: 55