Papua New Guinea

National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 48

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 964,713 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30.93 million (2018) mt-km Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

total: 561 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 11 Airports - with paved runways

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 5

under 914 m: 1 (2021) Airports - with unpaved runways

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

914 to 1,523 m: 53

under 914 m: 476 (2021) Heliports

2 (2021) Pipelines

264 km oil (2013) Roadways

total: 9,349 km (2011)

paved: 3,000 km (2011)

unpaved: 6,349 km (2011)

country comparison to the world: 137 Waterways

11,000 km (2011)

country comparison to the world: 14 Merchant marine

by type: container ship 6, general cargo 81, oil tanker 3, other 87 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 70 Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak

LNG terminal(s) (export): Port Moresby