Transport in Ecuador

Transportation in Ecuador

Aviation

Mariscal Sucre International Airport (Quito)
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (Guayaquil)

National airlines

Airports

359 (2006 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 98
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 43

Airports – with unpaved runways

total: 261
914 to 1,523 m:33
under 914 m:228

Heliports

2 (2010)

Highways

total: 43,197 km
paved: 6,467 km
unpaved: 36,730 km (2004 est.)

The Sierra Region still plays an important role in transportation throughout the country. The Pan-American Highway crosses it from North to South. Ecuador has managed to update some roads into 4-lane freeways:

Bus transport

Pipelines

Ports and harbors

Pacific Ocean

Merchant marine


total: 31 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 184,819 GRT/300,339 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (2006 est.)

Foreign-owned: 2

Registered in other countries 1

Railways

Railways in Ecuador (interactive map)
━━━ Routes with passenger traffic
━━━ Routes in usable state
·········· Unusable or dismantled routes

total: 812 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 812 km 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge

There is a proposed rail connection with Colombia. On 5 July 2008 a meeting took place between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also. There is no railway service to Peru.

Waterways

1,500 km

References

     This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.