Papua New Guinea Transportation 1997

Railways 0 km

Highways
total : 19,400 km
paved: 660 km
unpaved: 18,740 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 10,940 km

Ports and harbors Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul

Merchant marine
total: 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,614 GRT/29,643 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, combination ore/oil 5, container 1, roll-on/roll-off1 (1996 est.)

Airports 451 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 387
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 370 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 64
1,524 to 2,437 m : 12
914 to 1,523 m: 52 (1996 est.)

Heliports 2 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Papua New Guinea Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.