Bahamas The Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 5 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,197,116 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 160,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

C6

Airports

total: 54 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 24

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 37

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 16

under 914 m: 17 (2021)

Heliports

1 (2021)

Roadways

total: 2,700 km (2011)

paved: 1,620 km (2011)

unpaved: 1,080 km (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 1,323

by type: bulk carrier 333, container ship 45, general cargo 64, oil tanker 224, other 657 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point

cruise port(s): Nassau

container port(s) (TEUs): Freeport (1,396,568) (2019)

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