Guatemala Transportation 1997

Railways
total : 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)

Highways
total: 12,795 km
paved: 3,519 km (including 135 km of expressways)
unpaved : 9,276 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-waterseason

Pipelines crude oil 275 km

Ports and harbors Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San Jose, Santo Tomas deCastilla

Merchant marine none

Airports 446 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 318
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m : 5
under 914 m: 309 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 128
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m : 119 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Guatemala on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guatemala Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guatemala Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.