Transport in Honduras

Transport in Honduras

Transportation in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.

Railways

: Total: 699 km: narrow gauge: 349 km : RailGauge|42 gauge: 246 km : RailGauge|36 gauge

Railway links with adjacent countries

(North to South)

* El Salvador - no
* Guatemala - none in use - break-of-gauge 914 mm/1,067 mm (?) [http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/central_america/honduras/get.htm]
* Nicaragua - no

* FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. [ [http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/FERISTSA Reference.com/Encyclopedia/FERISTSA ] ]

Highways

: total: 15,400 km: paved: 3,126 km: unpaved: 12,274 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

465 km navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

* Puerto Cortés, pop. 44,696 hab., off San Pedro Sula
* Tela, pop. 28,335 hab.
* La Ceiba, pop. 114,584 hab.
* Puerto Castilla, off Trujillo
* Roatan, pop. 6,502 hab.

Pacific Ocean

*San Lorenzo, pop. 21,043 hab.

Other

*Puerto Lempira, pop. 4,102 hab.

Merchant marine

: "total:" 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 848,150 GRT/DWT|980,995|metric|first=yes: "ships by type:" (1999 est.)

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

Airports

119 (1999 est.): "Main international airports:" San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa.: "Other international airports:" Roatan and La Ceiba

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

References


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