Transportation in Honduras

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Transportation in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 4.1 Atlantic Ocean 4.2 Pacific Ocean 4.3 Other 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with paved runways 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways

[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Honduras

total: 595 km

narrow gauge: 349 km

1.067-m gauge: 246 km

0.914-m gauge (1999)

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• El Salvador - no
• Guatemala - none in use - break-of-gauge 914mm/1067 mm (?) [1]
• Nicaragua - no

[edit] Highways

total: 15,400 km

paved: 3,126 km

unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways

465 km navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

• Puerto Cortés, pop. 44,696 hab., off San Pedro Sula
• Tela, pop. 28,335 hab.
• La Ceiba, pop. 114,584 hab.
• Puerto Castilla, off Trujillo
• Roatan, pop. 6,502 hab.

[edit] Pacific Ocean

• San Lorenzo, pop. 21,043 hab.

[edit] Other

• Puerto Lempira, pop. 4,102 hab.

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 848,150 GRT/980,995 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 26, cargo 187, chemical tanker 5, container 7, livestock carrier 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 43, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off 9, short-sea passenger 5, vehicle carrier 2 (1999 est.)

note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 6 ships, Vietnam 1, Singapore 3, North Korea 1 (1998 est.)

[edit] Airports

119 (1999 est.)

Main international airports: San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa.

Other international airports: Roatan and La Ceiba

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 1200

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 107

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 21

under 914 m: 84 (1999 est.)

• Honduras

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