Ecuador Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,365,261 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 64.2 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HC

Airports

total: 432 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 104 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 4 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 26 (2017)

under 914 m: 51 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 328 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 37 (2013)

under 914 m: 291 (2013)

Heliports

2 (2013)

Pipelines

485 km extra heavy crude, 123 km gas, 2131 km oil, 1526 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 965 km (2017)

narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2017)

note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains

Roadways

total: 43,216 km (2015)

paved: 8,161 km (2015)

unpaved: 35,055 km (2015)

Waterways

1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 147

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 29, other 110 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar

container port(s) (TEUs): Guayaquil (1,871,591) (2017)

river port(s): Guayaquil (Guayas)

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