Transport in Ecuador
Transportation in Ecuador
Aviation
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National airlines
- Avianca
- LAN Airlines
- TAME (flag carrier)
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:
- Quito - Alpichacas. Length: 33 km.
- Guayaquil ring-road. Length: 46 km.
- Guayaquil - Taura. Length: 30 km.
- Guayaquil - Cerro Blanco. Length: 27 km.
- Machala - Pasaje. Length: 23 km.
Bus transport
Pipelines
- crude oil 800 km
- petroleum products 1,358 km
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.)
- Chemical tanker 1
- gas carrying tanker 1
- Passenger ships 7
- Petroleum tankers 21
- Specialized tanker 1
- Norway 1,
- Paraguay 1
Registered in other countries 1
- Georgia 1
Railways
━━━ 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.
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