Panama Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 122

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 12,939,350 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 47.63 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HP

Airports

76 (2024)

Heliports

1 (2024)

Pipelines

128 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 77 km (2014)

standard gauge: 77 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

Waterways

800 km (2011) (includes the 82-km Panama Canal that is being widened)

Merchant marine

total: 8,174 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 2732, container ship 671, general cargo 1,428, oil tanker 866, other 2,477

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Balboa, Colon, Cristobal

container port(s) (TEUs): Balboa (3,561,432), Colon (4,915,975) (2021)

NOTE: The information regarding Panama 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 Panama 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Panama 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.