Railways
total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (724 km are double-tracked) (2001)

Highways
total: 146,524 km
paved: 44,104 km
unpaved: 102,420 km (1997 est.)

Waterways none

Pipelines crude oil 6,400 km; petroleum products 150 km; natural gas 2,200 km (includes natural gas liquids 1,600 km)

Ports and harbors Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah

Merchant marine
total: 71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,071,315 GRT/1,412,125 DWT
ships by type: cargo 11, chemical tanker 10, container 4, livestock carrier 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 20, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 11, short-sea passenger 8
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Egypt 3, Finland 1, Greece 3, Kuwait 1, Sudan 1, United Arab Emirates 1, United Kingdom 3 (2002 est.)

Airports 209 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 71 70
over 3,047 m: 31 31
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 11
914 to 1,523 m: 3 3
under 914 m: 2 2 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23 23

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 138
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 79
under 914 m: 15 (2001)
914 to 1,523 m: 39

Heliports 5 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Saudi Arabia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saudi Arabia Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saudi Arabia Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.