Transportation in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.
- Total: 699 km
- 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)
- World FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8
+1⁄2 in) gauge. [1]
- total: 15,400 km
- paved: 3,126 km
- unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.)
465 km navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.
- 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] Merchant marine
- total: 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 848,150 GRT/980,995 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: (1999 est.)
- note:
a flag of convenience registry; (1998 est.)
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
[edit] References
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