Venezuela Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 12 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 75

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,137,771 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.55 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

YV

Airports

total: 444 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 127 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 6 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 33 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 62 (2013)

under 914 m: 17 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 317 (2013)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 57 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 127 (2013)

under 914 m: 130 (2013)

Heliports

3 (2013)

Pipelines

981 km extra heavy crude, 5941 km gas, 7588 km oil, 1778 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 447 km (2014)

standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014)

Roadways

total: 96,189 km (2014)

Waterways

7,100 km (Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 282

by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 21, other 230 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon

oil terminal(s): Jose terminal

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