INational air transport system
number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 424
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 88,157,579 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11,929,560,000 (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
HL
Airports
total: 111 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 52
Airports - with paved runways
total: 71
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 23 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 40
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 38 (2021)
Heliports
466 (2021)
Pipelines
3,790 km gas, 16 km oil, 889 km refined products (2018)
Railways
total: 3,979 km (2016)
standard gauge: 3,979 km (2016) 1.435-m gauge (2,727 km electrified)
country comparison to the world: 49
Roadways
total: 100,428 km (2016)
paved: 92,795 km (2016) (includes 4,193 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,633 km (2016)
country comparison to the world: 46
Waterways
1,600 km (2011) (most navigable only by small craft)
country comparison to the world: 51
Merchant marine
total: 1,904
by type: bulk carrier 78, container ship 91, general cargo 360, oil tanker 184, other 1,191 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 13
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Busan, Incheon, Gunsan, Kwangyang, Mokpo, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu
container port(s) (TEUs): Busan (21,992,001), Incheon (3,091,955), Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Incheon, Kwangyang, Pyeongtaek, Samcheok, Tongyeong, Yeosu