Railways
total: 2,187 km
broad gauge: 2,187 km 1.520-m gauge (1996 est.)

Highways
total: 24,000 km
paved: 19,488 km (note - these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced
unpaved: 4,512 km (1996 est.)

Waterways the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway

Pipelines crude oil 250 km; natural gas 4,400 km

Ports and harbors Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnowodsk)

Merchant marine
total: 1 oil tanker ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,896 GRT/3,389 DWT (1997 est.)

Airports 64 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 22
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 42
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 35 (1994 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Turkmenistan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkmenistan Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkmenistan Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.