8 GeoFroggy

National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 6 (2015)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 107 (2015)

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 14,245,183 (2015)

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 243,772,567 mt-km (2015)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

LV (2016);

Pipelines

29930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6248 km oil, 3631 km refined products (2013);

Railways

Total: 36,917 km (2014)

Standard gauge: 2,745.1 km 1.435-m gauge (41.1 km electrified) (2014)

Narrow gauge: 7,523.3 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

Broad gauge: 26,391 km 1.676-m gauge (149 km electrified) (2014)

Country comparison to the world: 6

Roadways

Total: 231,374 km (2004)

Paved: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways) (2004)

Unpaved: 161,962 km (2004)

Country comparison to the world: 22

Merchant Marine

Total: 161 (2017)

By type: container ship 1, general cargo 9, oil tanker 27, other 124 (2017)

Country comparison to the world: 69

Ports and Terminals

Major seaport(s): Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia

Container port(s) (TEUs): Buenos Aires (1,851,701)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Bahia Blanca

River port(s): Arroyo Seco, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin (Parana)

Year

Airports

  • 1,138 (2013)

Heliports

  • 2 (2013)

Waterways

  • 11,000 km (2012)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    161 (2017)
  • Over 3,047 m
    4 (2017)
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    29 (2017)
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    65 (2017)
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    53 (2017)
  • Under 914 m
    10 (2017)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    977 (2013)
  • Over 3,047 m
    1 (2013)
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    1 (2013)
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    43 (2013)
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    484 (2013)
  • Under 914 m
    448 (2013)