Ecuador Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,365,261 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 64.2 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HC

Airports

310 (2024)

Heliports

28 (2024)

Pipelines

485 km extra heavy crude, 123 km gas, 2,131 km oil, 1,526 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 965 km (2022)

narrow gauge: 965 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge

note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains

Roadways

total: 43,950 km (2022)

paved: 8,895 km (2022)

unpaved: 35,055 km (2022)

Waterways

1,500 km (2012) (most inaccessible)

Merchant marine

total: 154 (2023)

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 28, other 117

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar

container port(s) (TEUs): Guayaquil (2,163,151) (2021)

river port(s): Guayaquil (Guayas)