Railroads: 545 km total; 320 km 1.067-meter gauge, 225 km 0.914-meter gauge

Highways: 8,950 km total; 1,700 km paved, 5,000 km otherwise improved, 2,250 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 465 km navigable by small craft

Ports: Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo

Merchant marine: 141 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 409,965 GRT/616,647 DWT; includes 2 passenger-cargo, 86 cargo, 12 refrigerated cargo, 6 container, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 17 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 1 vehicle carrier, 12 bulk

Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft

Airports: 182 total, 141 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: improved, but still inadequate; connection into Central American Microwave System; 35,100 telephones; stations--176 AM, no FM, 28 TV, 7 shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT satellite ground stations

NOTE: The information regarding Honduras on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Honduras Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Honduras Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.