El Salvador Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 13

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,545,105 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10.73 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

YS

Airports

27 (2024)

Railways

total: 12.5 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 12.5 km (2014) 0.914-mm gauge

Roadways

total: 9,012 km (2017)

paved: 5,341 km (2017)

unpaved: 3,671 km (2017)

Waterways

422 km (2022) (Rio Lempa River is partially navigable by small craft)

Merchant marine

total: 5 (2023)

by type: other 5

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Puerto Cutuco

oil terminal(s): Acajutla offshore terminal

NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.