|
Transportation
::Israel
Israel has 18,096 kilometers (11,244 mi) of
paved roads, and 2.4 million motor vehicles. The
number of motor vehicles per 1,000 persons was 324,
relatively low with respect to developed countries. Israel
has 5,715 buses on scheduled routes, operated by several
carriers, the largest of which is Egged, serving most of
the country. Railways stretch across 949 kilometers
(590 mi) and are operated solely by government-owned
Israel Railways (All figures are for 2008). Following
major investments beginning in the early-to-mid 1990s, the
number of train passengers per year has grown from 2.5 million
in 1990, to 35 million in 2008; railways are also
used to transport 6.8 million tons of cargo, per
year.
Israel is served by two international airports, Ben
Gurion International Airport, the country's main hub for
international air travel near Tel Aviv-Yafo, Ovda Airport
in the south, as well as several small domestic airports.
Airports served 11.1 million passengers (entries and
departures) in 2008, 11 million passing through Ben
Gurion airport.
On the Mediterranean coast, Haifa Port is the country's
oldest and largest port, while Ashdod Port is one of the
few deep water ports in the world built on the open sea.
In addition to these, the smaller Port of Eilat is
situated on the Red Sea, and is used mainly for trading
with Far East countries
wikipidia
|
Airports:
|
|
48 (2010)
country
comparison to the world: 92 |
|
|
Airports - with paved runways:
|
|
total: 30
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 6
(2010)
|
|
|
Airports - with unpaved runways:
|
|
total: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 14
(2010)
|
|
|
Heliports:
|
|
3 (2010)
|
|
|
Pipelines:
|
|
gas 176 km; oil 442 km; refined products 261 km
(2009)
|
|
|
Railways:
|
|
total: 949
km
country
comparison to the world: 92
standard gauge: 949
km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
|
|
|
Roadways:
|
|
total: 18,096
km
country
comparison to the world: 116
paved: 18,096
km (includes 146 km of expressways) (2008)
|
|
|
Merchant marine:
|
|
total: 10
country
comparison to the world: 114
by type: cargo
2, container 8
registered in other countries: 51
(Bermuda 3, Cyprus 1, Georgia 1, Honduras 1,
Liberia 31, Malta 5, Marshall Islands 1, Moldova
4, Panama 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3)
(2010)
|
|
|
Ports and terminals:
|
|
Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
|
|
