Transport in Ecuador

Transportation in Ecuador uses six transportation methods to transport passengers and freight (more specifically, oil). They are aviation, highways, pipelines, ports and harbors, railways, and waterways

Aviation
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (Guayaquil)

National airlines

Airports

359 (2006 est.)

Airports (paved)
total: 98
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 43

Airports (unpaved)
total: 261
914 to 1,523 m:33
under 914 m:228

Heliports
2 (2010)

Highways
Main article: Highways in Ecuador
total: 43,197 kilometres (26,841 mi)
paved: 6,467 kilometres (4,018 mi)
unpaved: 36,730 kilometres (22,820 mi) (2004 est.)

The Sierra Region still plays an important role in transportation throughout the country. The Pan-American Highway crosses it from North to South. Ecuador has managed to update some roads into 4-lane freeways:

Bus transport

Pipelines
  • crude oil 800 km
  • petroleum products 1,358 km

Ports and harbors

Pacific Ocean

Merchant marine


total: 31 ships (1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over) totaling 184,819 GT/300,339 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (2006 est.)

Foreign-owned: 2

  • Norway 1,
  • Paraguay 1

Registered in other countries 1

  • Georgia 1

Railways
Railways in Ecuador (interactive map)
━━━ Routes with passenger traffic
━━━ Routes in usable state
·········· Unusable or dismantled routes

total: 812 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 812 km 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge

There is a proposed rail connection with Colombia. On 5 July 2008 a meeting took place between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also. There is no railway service to Peru.

Waterways

1,500 kilometres (930 mi)

References

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