Burma Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,407,788 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.74 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

XY

Airports

73 (2024)

Heliports

6 (2024)

Pipelines

3,739 km gas, 1321 km oil (2017)

Railways

total: 5,031 km (2008)

narrow gauge: 5,031 km (2008) 1.000-m gauge

Roadways

total: 157,000 km (2013)

paved: 57,840 km (2017)

unpaved: 99,160 km (2017)

Waterways

12,800 km (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 101 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 44, oil tanker 5, other 51

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Mawlamyine (Moulmein), Sittwe

river port(s): Rangoon (Yangon) (Rangoon River)

NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.