Nicaragua Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 7

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

YN

Airports

total: 147 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 12

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 4 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 135

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 15

under 914 m: 119 (2021)

Pipelines

54 km oil (2013)

Roadways

total: 23,897 km (2014)

paved: 3,346 km (2014)

unpaved: 20,551 km (2014)

Waterways

2,220 km (2011) (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country)

Merchant marine

total: 5

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Bluefields, Corinto

NOTE: The information regarding Nicaragua on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nicaragua 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nicaragua 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.