Transport in Honduras

Transport in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.

A highway in Honduras.
Passenger train in La Ceiba on January 11, 2005. Engineer tanks fuel manually from a barrel. Colorful passenger car (former box car without walls) is attached to the right.

Railways

Total: 699 km
  • Narrow gauge: 349 km
  • 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge: 246 km
  • 3 ft (914 mm) gauge

North to south:

Highways

Totals
  • Paved: 3367 km
  • Unpaved: 11357 km (2012 est.)

Double carriageway highways are slowly being developed in the main population areas in Honduras, however they are not traffic-selective and accept any kind of traffic, thus slowing the speed along them. The current ones are:

Waterways

465 km navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Other

Merchant marine

Total: 306 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 848,150 GT/980,995 tonnes deadweight (DWT)

Ships by type (1999 est.):

Flags of convenience (1998 est.):

Airports

Total: 119 (1999 est.)

Airports with paved runways

Total: 12
  • 2438 to 3047 m: 3
  • 1524 to 2437 m: 2
  • 914 to 1523 m: 4
  • Under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

Airports with unpaved runways

Total: 107
  • 1524 to 2437 m: 2
  • 914 to 1523 m: 21
  • Under 84 m: 84 (1999 est.)

References

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