Transportation in Gibraltar

Gibraltar has a large car population, in spite of its small size, with as many motor vehicles as people. Uniquely among British overseas territories, traffic in Gibraltar drives on the right, as it shares a land border with Spain.

Railways:
total: NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only

Highways:
total: 49.9 km
paved: 49.9 km
unpaved: 0 km

Pipelines: 0 km

Ports and harbors: Gibraltar

Merchant marine:
total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 477,183 GRT/752,644 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, container 4, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 13, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)

Airports: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Since the airport is built on the isthmus that the Spanish government thinks not conceded in the Treaty of Utrecht, the integration of Gibraltar Airport in the European single sky system, has been vetoed by Spain for years.

See also : Gibraltar