Suriname Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 20

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 272,347 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 33.2 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

PZ

Airports

total: 55 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 6

over 3,047 m: 1

under 914 m: 5 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 49

914 to 1,523 m: 4

under 914 m: 45 (2021)

Pipelines

50 km oil (2013)

Roadways

total: 4,304 km (2003)

paved: 1,119 km (2003)

unpaved: 3,185 km (2003)

Waterways

1,200 km (2011) (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m)

Merchant marine

total: 10

by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 2 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Paramaribo, Wageningen

NOTE: The information regarding Suriname 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 Suriname 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Suriname 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.