Railroads: 3,940 km 1.000-meter gauge, 99 km double track

Highways: 44,534 km total; 28,016 km paved, 5,132 km earth surface, 11,386 km under development

Inland waterways: 3,999 km principal waterways; 3,701 km with navigable depths of 0.9 m or more throughout the year; numerous minor waterways navigable by shallow-draft native craft

Pipelines: natural gas, 350 km; refined products, 67 km

Ports: Bangkok, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Sriracha

Merchant marine: 119 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 451,379 GRT/689,124 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 74 cargo, 8 container, 1 vehicle carrier, 26 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 1 chemical tanker, 2 bulk

Civil air: 30 (plus 2 leased) major transport aircraft

Airports: 129 total, 104 usable; 56 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: service to general public adequate; bulk of service to government activities provided by multichannel cable and radio relay network; 739,500 telephones (1987); stations--over 200 AM, 100 FM, and 11 TV in government-controlled networks; 1 satellite ground station; domestic satellite system being developed

NOTE: The information regarding Thailand on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Thailand Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Thailand Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.