Railways
total: 1,390 km
standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track) (1992)

Highways
total: 159,000 km
paved: 67,893 km
unpaved: 91,107 km (1995 est.)

Pipelines crude oil 6,400 km; petroleum products 150 km; natural gas 2,200 km(includes natural gas liquids 1,600 km)

Ports and harbors Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, AlMishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah

Merchant marine
total : 79 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 998,503 GRT/1,417,265 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 7, container 3, liquefied gas tanker1, livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 24, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 4,roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 9 (1996 est.)

Airports 174 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 79
over 3,047 m: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m : 3
under 914 m: 13 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 95
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 66
914 to 1,523 m : 24 (1996 est.)

Heliports 4 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saudi Arabia Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.