Railways
total: 5,488 km
broad gauge: 5,488 km 1.520-m gauge (873 km electrified) (1993)

Highways
total: 52,131 km
paved: 36,544 km
unpaved: 15,587 km (1996 est.)

Waterways NA km; note - Belarus has extensive and widely used canal and river systems

Pipelines crude oil 1,470 km; refined products 1,100 km; natural gas 1,980 km (1992)

Ports and harbors Mazyr

Merchant marine
note: claims 5% of former Soviet fleet (1995 est.)

Airports 118 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 36
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
under 914 m: 11 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 82
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 62 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Belarus on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.