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Railwaystotal: 447 km (2014)

standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 96,189 km (2014)
Waterways7,100 km (Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2011)
Pipelines981 km extra heavy crude, 5941 km gas, 7588 km oil, 1778 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon

oil terminal(s): Jose terminal
Merchant marinetotal: 282

by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 21, other 230 (2020)
Airportstotal: 444 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 127 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 6 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 33 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 62 (2013)

under 914 m: 17 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 317 (2013)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 57 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 127 (2013)

under 914 m: 130 (2013)
Heliports3 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 12 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 75

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,137,771 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.55 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixYV

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

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