Transportation of Sri Lanka
Airports: | 16 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 14 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2006) |
Railways: | total: 1,449 km broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 97,287 km paved: 78,802 km unpaved: 18,485 km (2003) |
Waterways: | 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2006) |
Merchant marine: | total: 22 ships (1000 GRT or over) 144,066 GRT/196,418 DWT by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 17, container 2, petroleum tanker 2 foreign-owned: 7 (Germany 5, UAE 2) registered in other countries: 5 (Panama 5) (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Colombo, Galle |