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Railwaystotal: 20,825 km (2017)

standard gauge: 20,825 km 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified) (2017)
Roadwaystotal: 398,148 km (2017)

paved: 174,911 km (includes 10,362 km of expressways) (2017)

unpaved: 223,237 km (2017)
Waterways2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast) (2012)
Pipelines15,986 km natural gas (2019), 10,365 km oil (2017), 8,946 km refined products (2016)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Veracruz

oil terminal(s): Cayo Arcas terminal, Dos Bocas terminal

cruise port(s): Cancun, Cozumel, Ensenada

container port(s) (TEUs): Lazaro Cardenas (1,318,732), Manzanillo (3,069,189), Veracruz (1,144,156) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Altamira, Ensenada
Merchant marinetotal: 668

by type: bulk carrier 6, general cargo 10, oil tanker 34, other 618 (2020)
Airportstotal: 1,714 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 243 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 12 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 32 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 80 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 86 (2017)

under 914 m: 33 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 1,471 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 42 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 281 (2013)

under 914 m: 1,146 (2013)
Heliports1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 16 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 370

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 64,569,640 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,090,380,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixXA

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

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