Transport in Ecuador

Transportation in Equador

Aviation

National airlines

• AeroGal
• Ecuatoriana-former flag carrier
• TAME
• VIP 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.)

Bus transport

• Bus transport in Ecuador

Pipelines

• crude oil 800 km
• petroleum products 1,358 km

Ports and harbors

Pacific Ocean

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

Merchant marine

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

• Chemical tanker 1
• gas carrying tanker 1
• Passenger ships 7
• Petroleum tankers 21
• Specialized tanker 1

Foreign-owned: 2

• Norway 1,
• Paraguay 1

Registered in other countries 1

• Georgia 1

Railways

Main article: Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos

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.

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