Fiscal year: calendar year
@United Arab Emirates:Transportation
Railroads: 0 km
Highways: total: 2,000 km paved: 1,800 km unpaved: gravel, graded earth 200 km
Pipelines: crude oil 830 km; natural gas, including natural gas
liquids, 870 km
Ports: Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal' Ali,
Mina' Khalid, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Umm al Qiwain
Merchant marine:
total: 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,128,253 GRT/1,938,770
DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 18, chemical tanker 1, container 10,
liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 21,
refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3
Airports:
total: 41
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 12
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 8
@United Arab Emirates:Communications
Telephone system: 386,600 telephones; modern system consisting of
microwave and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubayy
local: NA
intercity: microwave and coaxial cable
international: 3 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1
ARABSAT earth station; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and
Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to
Saudi Arabia