Transport in Honduras
Railways
- Total: 699 km
- narrow gauge: 349 km
- 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge: 246 km
- 3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Railway links with adjacent countries
(North to South)
- El Salvador - no
- Guatemala - none in use - break-of-gauge 914 mm (3 ft)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (?)
- Nicaragua - no
Highways
- paved: 3,367 km
- unpaved: 11357 km (2012 est.)
Double carriageway highways are slowly being developed in the main population areas in Honduras, however they are not traffic-selective and accept any kind of traffic, thus slowing the speed along them. The current ones are:
- San Pedro Sula - Puerto Cortés. Length: 56 km.
- San Pedro Sula - El Progreso. Length: 27 km.
- San Pedro Sula - Villanueva. Length: 24 km.
- Tegucigalpa ring-road. Length: 27 km.
- Tegucigalpa - Támara. Length: 23 km.
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 GT or over) totaling 848,150 GT/980,995 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: (1999 est.)
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- note:
a flag of convenience registry; (1998 est.)
- Russia owns 6 ships
- Vietnam 1
- Singapore 3
- North Korea 1
Airports
119 (1999 est.)
- See also: List of airports in Honduras
- 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.)
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/.
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