Railroads: 2,400 km (1,524-mm gauge); 270 km electrified

Highways:
total: 59,500 km
paved and graveled: 33,000 km
unpaved: earth 26,500 km (1990)

Inland waterways: 300 km perennially navigable
Pipelines: crude oil 750 km; refined products 780 km; natural gas 560 km (1992)

Ports: coastal - Riga, Ventspils, Liepaja; inland - Daugavpils
Merchant marine: 93 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 850,840 GRT/1,107,403 DWT, cargo 15, container 2, oil tanker 41, refrigerated cargo 27, roll-on/roll-off cargo 8

Airports:
total: 50
usable: 15
with permanent-surface runways: 11
with runways over 3,659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 7
with runways 1,060-2,439 m: 7
note: a C-130 can land on a 1,060-m airstrip

NOTE: The information regarding Latvia on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Latvia Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Latvia Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.