Colombia Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 12 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 157

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 33,704,037 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,349,450,000 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HJ, HK

Airports

total: 836 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 121 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 39 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 53 (2017)

under 914 m: 18 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 715 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 25 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 201 (2013)

under 914 m: 488 (2013)

Heliports

3 (2013)

Pipelines

4991 km gas, 6796 km oil, 3429 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 2,141 km (2015)

standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (2015)

narrow gauge: 1,991 km 0.914-m gauge (2015)

Roadways

total: 206,500 km (2016)

Waterways

24,725 km (18,300 km navigable; the most important waterway, the River Magdalena, of which 1,488 km is navigable, is dredged regularly to ensure safe passage of cargo vessels and container barges) (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 120

by type: general cargo 22, oil tanker 8, other 90 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo

oil terminal(s): Covenas offshore terminal

container port(s) (TEUs): Cartagena (2,663,415) (2017)

river port(s): Barranquilla (Rio Magdalena)

dry bulk cargo port(s): Puerto Bolivar (coal)

Pacific Ocean - Buenaventura

NOTE: The information regarding Colombia 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 Colombia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Colombia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.