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Airports:
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16 (2007)
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 5 (2007)
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
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Pipelines:
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gas 2,644 km (2007)
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Railways:
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total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
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Roadways:
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total: 239,226 km
paved: 22,726 km
unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)
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Waterways:
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8,370 km
note: includes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in dry season (2006)
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Merchant marine:
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total: 40
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 27, container 5, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 4
foreign-owned: 1 (China 1)
registered in other countries: 10 (Comoros 2, Honduras 1, Malta 2, Panama 2, Singapore 2, Togo 1) (2008)
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Ports and terminals:
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Chittagong, Mongla Port
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Transportation - note:
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the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh as high risk for armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen
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