number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 48
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 964,713 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 30.93 million (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
P2
Airports
total: 561 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 11
Airports - with paved runways
total: 21
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 540
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 53
under 914 m: 476 (2021)
Heliports
2 (2021)
Pipelines
264 km oil (2013)
Roadways
total: 9,349 km (2011)
paved: 3,000 km (2011)
unpaved: 6,349 km (2011)
country comparison to the world: 137
Waterways
11,000 km (2011)
country comparison to the world: 14
Merchant marine
total: 177
by type: container ship 6, general cargo 81, oil tanker 3, other 87 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 70
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak
LNG terminal(s) (export): Port Moresby