Guatemala Transportation - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 5

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 145,795 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 110,000 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TG

Airports

total: 291 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 16 (2017)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 4 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 275 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 77 (2013)

under 914 m: 195 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

480 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 800 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 800 km 0.914-m gauge (2018)

note: despite the existence of a railway network, all rail service was suspended in 2007 and no passenger or freight train currently runs in the country (2018)

Roadways

total: 17,621 km (2016)

paved: 7,489 km (2016)

unpaved: 10,132 km (includes 4,960 km of rural roads) (2016)

Waterways

990 km (260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season) (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 8

by type: oil tanker 1, other 7 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla

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

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