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=== Transportation infrastructure === {{Main|Transport in the Czech Republic}} [[File:Prague Václav Havel Airport in 2019.02.jpg|thumb|[[Václav Havel Airport Prague]]]] {{As of|2020|post=,}} the road network in the Czech Republic is {{convert|55768.3|km|2|sp=us}} long, out of which {{cvt|1276.4|km|mi}} are motorways.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transport Yearbook 2020: 3.2.1. Road transport infrastructure|url=https://www.sydos.cz/cs/rocenka-2020/yearbook/htm_uk/uk20_321000.html|publisher=Ministry of Transport|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> The [[Speed limits by country|speed limit]] is {{cvt|50|km/h}} within towns, {{cvt|90|km/h}} outside of towns and {{cvt|130|km/h}} on motorways.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/czech_republic/speed_limits_en.htm|title=Going abroad – Czech Republic|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003221115/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/czech_republic/speed_limits_en.htm|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Czech Republic has one of the [[List of countries by rail transport network size|densest rail networks in the world]]. {{As of|2020|post=,}} the country has {{convert|9542|km|mi|sp=us}} of lines. Of that number, {{cvt|3236|km|mi}} is electrified, {{cvt|7503|km|mi}} are single-line tracks and {{cvt|2040|km|mi}} are double and multiple-line tracks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transport Yearbook 2020: 3.1.2. Lines|url=https://www.sydos.cz/cs/rocenka-2020/yearbook/htm_uk/uk20_312000.html|publisher=Ministry of Transport|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> The length of tracks is {{cvt|15360|km|mi}}, out of which {{cvt|6917|km|mi}} is electrified.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transport Yearbook 2020: 3.1.1. Tracks|url=https://www.sydos.cz/cs/rocenka-2020/yearbook/htm_uk/uk20_311000.html|publisher=Ministry of Transport|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> [[České dráhy]] (the Czech Railways) is the main railway operator in the country, with about 180 million passengers carried yearly. Maximum speed is limited to {{cvt|160|km/h}}. [[Václav Havel Airport Prague|Václav Havel Airport]] in Prague is the main international airport in the country. In 2019, it handled 17.8 million passengers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Letiště|url=https://www.mdcr.cz/Dokumenty/Letecka-doprava/Pravni-predpisy/Letiste|publisher=Ministry of Transport|language=cs|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> In total, the Czech Republic has [[List of airports in the Czech Republic|91 airports]], six of which provide international air services. The public international airports are in [[Brno-Tuřany Airport|Brno]], [[Karlovy Vary Airport|Karlovy Vary]], [[Mnichovo Hradiště Airport|Mnichovo Hradiště]], [[Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava|Mošnov]] (near [[Ostrava]]), [[Pardubice Airport|Pardubice]] and Prague.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transport Yearbook 2020: 3.4. Air transport infrastructure |url=https://www.sydos.cz/cs/rocenka-2020/yearbook/htm_uk/uk20_340000.html|publisher=Ministry of Transport|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> The non-public international airports capable of handling airliners are in [[Kunovice Airport|Kunovice]] and [[Vodochody Airport|Vodochody]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Letišť má Česko až moc, většinou jsou ztrátová|url=https://www.novinky.cz/ekonomika/clanek/letist-ma-cesko-az-moc-vetsinou-jsou-ztratova-40293826|publisher=Novinky.cz|language=cs|date=21 August 2019|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> Russia (via pipelines through Ukraine) and, to a lesser extent, Norway (via pipelines through Germany) supply the Czech Republic with liquid and natural gas.<ref name="guidepost">{{cite web|url=https://www.mpo.cz/en/guidepost/for-the-media/press-releases/minister-kocourek-launches-the-gazela-gas-pipeline-linking-the-czech-republic-to-nord-stream--80040/|title=Minister Kocourek launches the Gazela gas pipeline linking the Czech Republic to Nord Stream|last=Vlček|first=Pavel|date=14 November 2010|publisher=Ministry of Industry and Trade|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>
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