Transportation in Ecuador

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links in adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Pacific Ocean 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports – with unpaved runways 7.3 Heliports 7.4 National airlines 8 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 812 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 812 km 1.067-m gauge

[edit] Railway links in adjacent countries

• Colombia – no
• Peru – no

[edit] Highways

total: 43,197 km
paved: 8,165 km
unpaved: 35,032 km (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways

1,500 km

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 800 km; petroleum products 1,358 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Pacific Ocean

Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolívar, San Lorenzo

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 233,151 GRT/388,750 DWT
ships by type: chemical tanker 2, liquified gas 1, passenger 4, petroleum tanker 22 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

182 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 57
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 20 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports – with unpaved runways

total: 125
914 to 1,523 m: 36
under 914 m: 89 (1999 est.)

[edit] Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

[edit] National airlines

• Ecuatoriana-former flag carrier
• TAME

[edit] See also

• Ecuador

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.