Transportation in Honduras

Railways

total: 595 km

narrow gauge: 349 km

1.067-m gauge: 246 km

0.914-m gauge (1999)

Railway links with adjacent countries

• El Salvador – no
• Guatemala – maybe
• Nicaragua – no

Highways

total: 15,400 km

paved: 3,126 km

unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

465 km navigable by small craft

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

• Puerto Cortés
• Tela
• La Ceiba

Pacific Ocean

Other

• Puerto Castilla
• San Lorenzo
• Puerto Lempira

Merchant marine

total: 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 848,150 GRT/980,995 DWT

ships by type:

bulk 26, cargo 187, chemical tanker 5, container 7, livestock carrier 1, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 43, refrigerated cargo 15, roll-on/roll-off 9, short-sea passenger 5, vehicle carrier 2 (1999 est.)

note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 6 ships, Vietnam 1, Singapore 3, North Korea 1 (1998 est.)

Airports

119 (1999 est.)

Principle International airports: San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa

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: 4

under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

Airports – with unpaved runways

total: 107

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 21

under 914 m: 84 (1999 est.)

See also

• Honduras