Panama Transportation - 2021

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 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HP

Airports

total: 117 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 57 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 20 (2017)

under 914 m: 30 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 60 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2013)

under 914 m: 51 (2013)

Heliports

3 (2013)

Pipelines

128 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 77 km (2014)

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

Waterways

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

Merchant marine

total: 7,886

by type: bulk carrier 2,604, container ship 615, general cargo 1,347, oil tanker 789, other 2,531 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Balboa, Colon, Cristobal

container port(s) (TEUs): Balboa (2,905,049), Colon (3,891,209) (2017)

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