Panama Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 122

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 12,939,350 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 47.63 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

HP

Airports

76 (2024)

Heliports

1 (2024)

Pipelines

128 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 77 km (2014)

standard gauge: 77 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

Waterways

800 km (2011) (includes the 82-km Panama Canal that is being widened)

Merchant marine

total: 8,174 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 2732, container ship 671, general cargo 1,428, oil tanker 866, other 2,477

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Balboa, Colon, Cristobal

container port(s) (TEUs): Balboa (3,561,432), Colon (4,915,975) (2021)