Highways:
total:
45,550 km
paved:
38,400 km
unpaved:
7,150 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 1,015 km; Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft watercraft; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war
Pipelines: crude oil 4,350 km; petroleum products 725 km; natural gas 1,360 km
Ports and harbors: Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality
Merchant marine:
total:
32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 606,227 GRT/1,067,770 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 14, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 13, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)
Airports: 113 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
80
over 3,047 m:
20
2,438 to 3,047 m:
39
1,524 to 2,437 m:
4
914 to 1,523 m:
7
under 914 m:
10 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
33
over 3,047 m:
3
2,438 to 3,047 m:
6
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
10
under 914 m:
12 (1999 est.)
Heliports: 5 (1999 est.)
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