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 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Honduras

total: 595 km (1999)

narrow gauge: 349 km

3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge: 246 km

3 ft (914 mm) gauge

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

(North to South)

• El Salvador - no
• Guatemala - none in use - break-of-gauge 914 mm/1,067 mm (?) [1]
• Nicaragua - no

• FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. ^[1]

[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 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)

ships by type: (1999 est.)

bulk carriers 26 cargo ships 187 chemical tankers 5 container ships 7 livestock carrier 1 passenger ships 2

passenger/cargo ships 4 petroleum tanker 43 refrigerated cargo ships 15 roll-on/roll-off 9 short-sea passenger ships 5 vehicle carrier 2

note:

a flag of convenience registry; (1998 est.)

• Russia owns 6 ships
• Vietnam 1
• Singapore 3
• North Korea 1

[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: 12

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.)

[edit] See also

• Honduras

[edit] References

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