Transportation of Venezuela
Airports: | 375 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 129 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34 914 to 1,523 m: 60 under 914 m: 19 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 246 1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 90 under 914 m: 147 (2006) |
Heliports: | 1 (2006) |
Pipelines: | extra heavy crude oil 992 km; gas 5,369 km; oil 7,607 km; refined products 1,681 km; unknown (oil/water) 141 km (2006) |
Railways: | total: 682 km standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (1999) |
Waterways: | 7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005) |
Merchant marine: | total: 56 ships (1000 GRT or over) 824,941 GRT/1,327,924 DWT by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 10, chemical tanker 2, container 1, liquefied gas 6, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 18 foreign-owned: 13 (Denmark 3, Greece 3, India 1, Mexico 3, Panama 1, Russia 1, Spain 1) registered in other countries: 15 (Bahamas 1, Panama 14) (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Amuay, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon |