Belarus Transportation 1997

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

Highways
total: 51,547 km
paved: 50,825 km
unpaved: 722 km (1995 est.)

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

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 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.