>Italy
Italy Transport System
number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 180
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 27,630,435 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.418 billion (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
I
Airports
total: 129 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 44
Airports - with paved runways
total: 98
over 3,047 m: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 11 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 20 (2021)
Heliports
5 (2021)
Pipelines
20223 km gas, 1393 km oil, 1574 km refined products (2013)
Railways
total: 20,182 km (2014)
standard gauge: 18,770.1 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (12,893.6 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 122.3 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (122.3 km electrified)
1289.3 0.950-m gauge (151.3 km electrified)
country comparison to the world: 15
Roadways
total: 487,700 km (2007)
paved: 487,700 km (2007) (includes 6,700 km of expressways)
country comparison to the world: 16
Waterways
2,400 km (2012) (used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail)
country comparison to the world: 36
Merchant marine
total: 1,296
by type: bulk carrier 36, container ship 7, general cargo 111, oil tanker 103, other 1,039 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 20
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Augusta, Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
oil terminal(s): Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal
container port(s) (TEUs): Genoa (2,621,472), Gioia Tauro (2,523,000) (2019)
LNG terminal(s) (import): La Spezia, Panigaglia, Porto Levante
container port(s) (TEUs): Ashdod (1,443,000) (2016)