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Railwaystotal: 278 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: the entire rail network fell into disrepair and out of use at the end of the 20th century; since 2005, certain sections of rail have been rehabilitated
Roadwaystotal: 5,035 km (2017)
Waterways730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2011)
Pipelines662 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Puerto Limon

Pacific Ocean - Caldera
Merchant marinetotal: 10

by type: other 10 (2020)
Airportstotal: 161 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 47 (2017)

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

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

914 to 1,523 m: 27 (2017)

under 914 m: 16 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 114 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 18 (2013)

under 914 m: 96 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 39

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,948,546 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 11.13 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixTI

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

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