Highways:
total:
24,000 km
paved:
19,488 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
unpaved:
4,512 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway
Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; natural gas 4,400 km
Ports and harbors: Turkmenbashi (on the Caspian Sea)
Merchant marine:
total:
1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,896 GRT/3,389 DWT
ships by type:
petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 64 (1994 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
22
2,438 to 3,047 m:
13
1,524 to 2,437 m:
8
914 to 1,523 m:
1 (1994 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
42
914 to 1,523 m:
7
under 914 m:
35 (1994 est.)