Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Transportation 2015, CIA World Factbook

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Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Transportation 2015

SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on June 18, 2014

Airports:
1 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 232
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

Roadways:
total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km)
country comparison to the world: 209
paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km)
unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2002)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s):
Saint Helena: Jamestown
Ascension Island: Georgetown
Tristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor (Edinburgh)

Transportation - note:
there is no air connection to Saint Helena or Tristan da Cunha; construction on the new international airport for Saint Helena began in 2012 with an estimated completion date of late 2015 or early 2016; the new airport will have a runway of 1,550 m capable of handling B737/A319 size aircraft

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