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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 107

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 18,081,937 (2018)

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 311.57 million (2018) mt-km

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

LV

Pipelines

29,930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6,248 km oil, 3,631 km refined products (2013)

Railways

Total: 36,917.4 km (2014)

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

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

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

4: 258 km 0.750-mm gauge

Roadways

Total: 281,290 km (2017)

Paved: 117,616 km (2017)

Unpaved: 163,674 km (2017)

Merchant Marine

Total: 202

By type: container ship 1,bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 159 (2021)

Ports and Terminals

Major seaports: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia

Container ports TEUs: Buenos Aires (1,485,328) (2019)

LNG terminals import: Bahia Blanca

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

Transportation Note

Argentina operates one PC 5 or 6 class light icebreakernote PC indicates a Polar Class vessel: PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)

Year

Airports

  • total: 916 (2021)

Heliports

  • 2 (2021)

Waterways

  • 11,000 km (2012)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    161
  • Over 3,047 m
    4
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    29
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    65
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    53
  • Under 914 m
    10 (2021)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    977
  • Over 3,047 m
    1
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    1
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    43
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    484
  • Under 914 m
    448 (2021)