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United States Transportation 2009
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SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
 


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Airports:
14,951 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5,146
over 3,047 m: 190
2,438 to 3,047 m: 227
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,464
914 to 1,523 m: 2,307
under 914 m: 958 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 9,805
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 156
914 to 1,523 m: 1,734
under 914 m: 7,909 (2008)

Heliports:
146 (2007)

Pipelines:
petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 226,612 km
standard gauge: 226,612 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 6,465,799 km
paved: 4,209,835 km (includes 75,040 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,255,964 km (2007)

Waterways:
41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce)
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2008)

Merchant marine:
total: 422
by type: barge carrier 6, bulk carrier 61, cargo 69, carrier 2, chemical tanker 22, container 81, passenger 19, passenger/cargo 59, petroleum tanker 53, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 25, vehicle carrier 22
foreign-owned: 74 (Australia 1, Denmark 31, Germany 5, Japan 7, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 1, Norway 9, Singapore 12, Sweden 5, UK 1)
registered in other countries: 732 (Antigua and Barbuda 8, Australia 2, Bahamas 106, Bermuda 23, Cambodia 6, Canada 10, Cayman Islands 42, Comoros 2, Cyprus 5, Ecuador 1, Greece 8, Hong Kong 29, Ireland 2, Isle of Man 4, Italy 17, South Korea 7, Liberia 98, Luxembourg 4, Malta 23, Marshall Islands 123, Netherlands 14, Netherlands Antilles 1, Norway 8, Panama 126, Portugal 1, Puerto Rico 3, Russia 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 22, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Tuvalu 1, UK 12, Vanuatu 1, unknown 2) (2008)

Ports and terminals:
Corpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Texas City


NOTE: The information regarding United States on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United States Transportation 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United States Transportation 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.



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