Transportation in Nicaragua
Highways:total: 16,382 km
paved: 1,818 km
unpaved: 14,564 km (1998 est.)
Waterways: 2,220 km, including 2 large lakes. There is also the potential Nicaragua canal.
Pipelines: crude oil 56 km
Ports and harbors: Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur
Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)
Airports: 182 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
11
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
3
914 to 1,523 m:
3
under 914 m:
3 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
171
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
26
under 914 m:
144 (1999 est.)
- See also : Nicaragua
