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Airports:
total airports - 43,982 (2010)
top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 88,032,086; London (LHR) - 66,037,578; Beijing (PEK) - 65,372,012; Chicago (ORD) - 64,158,343; Tokyo (HND) - 61,903,656; Paris (CDG) - 57,906,866; Los Angeles (LAX) - 56,520,843; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 56,030,457; Frankfurt (FRA) - 50,932,840; Denver (DEN) - 50,167,485 (2009)
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis (MEM) - 3,697,054; Hong Kong (HKG) - 3,385,313; Shanghai (PVG) - 2,543,394; Inch'on (ICN) - 2,313,001; Paris (CDG) - 2,054,515; Anchorage (ANC) - 1,994,629; Louisville (SDF) - 1,949,528; Dubai (DXB) - 1,927,520; Frankfurt (FRA) - 1,887,686; Tokyo (NRT) - 1,851,972 (2009)
Heliports:
3,825 (2010)
Railways:
total: 1,139,615 km (2010)
Roadways:
total: 102,260,304 km (2008)
Waterways:
671,886 km (2004)
top ten longest rivers: Nile (Africa) 6,693 km; Amazon (South America) 6,436 km; Mississippi-Missouri (North America) 6,238 km; Yenisey-Angara (Asia) 5,981 km; Ob-Irtysh (Asia) 5,569 km; Yangtze (Asia) 5,525 km; Yellow (Asia) 4,671 km; Amur (Asia) 4,352 km; Lena (Asia) 4,345 km; Congo (Africa) 4,344 km
note: if measured by volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world
Ports and terminals:
top ten container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput: Singapore (Singapore) - 25,866,400; Shanghai (China) - 25,002,000; Hong Kong (China) - 20,983,000; Shenzhen (China) - 18,250,100; Pusan (South Korea) - 11,954,861; Guangzhou (China) - 11,190,000; Dubai (UAE) - 11,124,082; Ningbo (China) - 10,502,800; Qingdao (China) - 10,260,000; - Rotterdam (Netherlands)- 9,743,290 (2009)
Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports that 2010 saw a continued increase in global pirate activities with more people taken hostage at sea than in any year since IMB has kept records; pirate attacks against shipping have risen every year for the last four years with a 10% increase in 2010 over 2009; pirates attacked a total of 445 ships world-wide including hijacking 53 ships, capturing 1,081 seafarers, and killing eight; while the Horn of Africa remains the most dangerous area for maritime shipping, accounting for more than 50% of all attacks in 2010, a significant number of attacks also occurred in the coastal waters of Indonesia, the South China Sea, Bangladesh, and Nigeria; indications are that the pace of attacks in 2011 will exceed that of 2010; as of May 2011, there have been 211 attacks worldwide with 24 hijackings; the Horn of Africa remains the most dangerous region in 2011 with 139 attacks, 21 hijackings, 362 hostages seized, and seven seafarers killed |
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