Chile Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 173

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 19,517,185 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,226,440,000 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

CC

Airports

total: 481 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 90 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 23 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 31 (2017)

under 914 m: 24 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 391 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 56 (2013)

under 914 m: 319 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

3160 km gas, 781 km liquid petroleum gas, 985 km oil, 722 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 7,282 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,853.5 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 3,428 km 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified) (2014)

Roadways

total: 77,801 km (2016)

Merchant marine

total: 229

by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 56, oil tanker 13, other 147 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso

container port(s) (TEUs): San Antonio (1,296,890), Valparaiso (1,073,734) (2017)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Mejillones, Quintero

NOTE: The information regarding Chile on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chile 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chile 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.