Brazil: Transportation#
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 9 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 443 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,039,359 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 149.393 million mt-km (2015) |
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Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | PP (2016) |
Airports | 4,093 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 698 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 179 914 to 1,523 m: 436 under 914 m: 49 (2013) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 3,395 1,524 to 2,437 m: 92 914 to 1,523 m: 1,619 under 914 m: 1,684 (2013) |
Heliports | 13 (2013) |
Pipelines | condensate/gas 251 km; gas 17,312 km; liquid petroleum gas 352 km; oil 4,831 km; refined products 4,722 km (2013) |
Railways | total: 28,538 km broad gauge: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified) dual gauge: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge standard gauge: 194 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014) |
Roadways | total: 1,580,964 km paved: 212,798 km unpaved: 1,368,166 km note: does not include urban roads (2010) |
Waterways | 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012) |
Merchant marine | total: 109 by type: bulk carrier 18, cargo 16, chemical tanker 7, container 13, liquefied gas 11, petroleum tanker 39, roll on/roll off 5 foreign-owned: 27 (Chile 1, Denmark 3, Germany 6, Greece 1, Norway 3, Spain 12, Turkey 1) registered in other countries: 36 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 1, Ghana 1, Liberia 20, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 3, Singapore 9) (2010) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao river port(s): Manaus (Amazon) dry bulk cargo port(s): Sepetiba ore terminal, Tubarao container ports (TEUs): Santos (2,985,922), Itajai (983,985)(2011) oil terminal(s): DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Ilha Grande (Gebig), Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal LNG terminal(s) (import): Pecem, Rio de Janiero |