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Railwaystotal: 36,917 km (2014)

standard gauge: 2,745.1 km 1.435-m gauge (41.1 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge: 7,523.3 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 26,391 km 1.676-m gauge (149 km electrified) (2014)

258 km 0.750-m gauge
Roadwaystotal: 281,290 km (2017)

paved: 117,616 km (2017)

unpaved: 163,674 km (2017)
Waterways11,000 km (2012)
Pipelines29930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6248 km oil, 3631 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia

container port(s) (TEUs): Buenos Aires (1,485,328) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Bahia Blanca

river port(s): Arroyo Seco, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin (Parana)
Merchant marinetotal: 199

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 32, other 158 (2020)
Airportstotal: 916 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 161 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 4 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 29 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 65 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 53 (2017)

under 914 m: 10 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 977 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 43 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 484 (2013)

under 914 m: 448 (2013)
Heliports2 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 107

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 18,081,937 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 311.57 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixLV

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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