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Chile vs. Argentina

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ChileArgentina
Railwaystotal: 7,282 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,853.5 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 3,428 km 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified) (2014)
total: 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: 77,801 km (2016)total: 281,290 km (2017)

paved: 117,616 km (2017)

unpaved: 163,674 km (2017)
Pipelines3160 km gas, 781 km liquid petroleum gas, 985 km oil, 722 km refined products (2013)29930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6248 km oil, 3631 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso

container port(s) (TEUs): San Antonio (1,709,635), Valparaiso (898,715) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Mejillones, Quintero
major 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: 229

by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 56, oil tanker 13, other 147 (2020)
total: 199

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 32, other 158 (2020)
Airportstotal: 481 (2013)total: 916 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 90 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 23 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 31 (2017)

under 914 m: 24 (2017)
total: 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: 391 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 56 (2013)

under 914 m: 319 (2013)
total: 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)
Heliports1 (2013)2 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 173

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 19,517,185 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,226,440,000 mt-km (2018)
number 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 prefixCCLV

Source: CIA Factbook