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Roadwaystotal: 4,304 km (2003)

paved: 1,119 km (2003)

unpaved: 3,185 km (2003)
Waterways1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2011)
Pipelines50 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Paramaribo, Wageningen
Merchant marinetotal: 10

by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 2 (2020)
Airportstotal: 55 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 6 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

under 914 m: 5
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 49 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 45 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 20

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 272,347 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 33.2 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixPZ

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

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