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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 9 (2015)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 443 (2015)

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,039,359 (2015)

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 149.393 million mt-km (2015)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

PP (2016);

Pipelines

5959 km refined petroleum product (1,165 km distribution, 4,794 km transport), 11696 km natural gas (2,274 km distribution, 9,422 km transport), 1985 km crude oil (distribution), 77 km ethanol/petrochemical (37 km distribution, 40 km transport) (2016);

Railways

Total: 29,850 km (2014)

Standard gauge: 194 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

Narrow gauge: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014)

Broad gauge: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified) (2014)

Dual gauge: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge (2014)

Country comparison to the world: 9

Roadways

Total: 1,580,964 km (2010)

Paved: 212,798 km (2010)

Unpaved: 1,368,166 km (2010)

Note: does not include urban roads

Country comparison to the world: 4

Merchant Marine

Total: 775 (2017)

By type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 18, general cargo 48, oil tanker 38, other 651 (2017)

Country comparison to the world: 28

Ports and Terminals

Major seaport(s): Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao

Oil terminal(s): DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Ilha Grande (Gebig), Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal

Container port(s) (TEUs): Santos (3,393,593) (2016)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Pecem, Rio de Janiero

River port(s): Manaus (Amazon)

Dry bulk cargo port(s): Sepetiba ore terminal, Tubarao

Year

Airports

  • 4,093 (2013)

Heliports

  • 13 (2013)

Waterways

  • 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    698 (2017)
  • Over 3,047 m
    7 (2017)
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    27 (2017)
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    179 (2017)
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    436 (2017)
  • Under 914 m
    49 (2017)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    3,395 (2013)
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    92 (2013)
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    1,619 (2013)
  • Under 914 m
    1,684 (2013)