Thailand Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 15 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 283

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 76,053,042 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,666,260,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HS

Airports

108 (2024)

Heliports

5 (2024)

Pipelines

2 km condensate, 5,900 km gas, 85 km liquid petroleum gas, 1 km oil, 1,097 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 4,127 km (2017)

standard gauge: 84 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (84 km electrified)

narrow gauge: 4,043 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

Roadways

total: 180,053 km (2006) (includes 450 km of expressways)

Waterways

4,000 km (2011) (3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m)

Merchant marine

total: 884 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 28, container ship 28, general cargo 88, oil tanker 251, other 489

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Map Ta Phut, Prachuap Port, Si Racha

container port(s) (TEUs): Laem Chabang (8,335,384) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Map Ta Phut

NOTE: The information regarding Thailand 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 Thailand 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Thailand 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.