Uruguay Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 5

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

CX

Airports

total: 133 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 11 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 122 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 40 (2013)

under 914 m: 79 (2013)

Pipelines

257 km gas, 160 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 1,673 km (operational; government claims overall length is 2,961 km) (2016)

standard gauge: 1,673 km 1.435-m gauge (2016)

Roadways

total: 77,732 km (2010)

paved: 7,743 km (2010)

unpaved: 69,989 km (2010)

Waterways

1,600 km (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 60

by type:  container ship 1, general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 51 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Montevideo

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