!!!Ecuador: Transportation ||National air transport system|''number of registered air carriers'': 7 \\ ''inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers'': 35 \\ ''annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers'': 5,762,485 \\ ''annual freight traffic on registered air carriers'': 86,128,720 mt-km (2015) \\ ||Civil aircraft registration country code prefix|HC (2016) ||Airports|432 (2013) ||Airports - with paved runways|''total'': 104 \\ ''over 3,047 m'': 4 \\ ''2,438 to 3,047 m'': 5 \\ ''1,524 to 2,437 m'': 18 \\ ''914 to 1,523 m'': 26 \\ ''under 914 m'': 51 (2013) \\ ||Airports - with unpaved runways|''total'': 328 \\ ''914 to 1,523 m'': 37 \\ ''under 914 m'': 291 (2013) \\ ||Heliports|2 (2013) ||Pipelines|extra heavy crude 527 km; gas 71 km; oil 2,131 km; refined products 1,526 km (2013) ||Railways|''total'': 965 km \\ ''narrow gauge'': 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) \\ ||Roadways|''total'': 43,670 km \\ ''paved'': 6,472 km \\ ''unpaved'': 37,198 km (2007) \\ ||Waterways|1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012) ||Merchant marine|''total'': 44 \\ ''by type'': cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger 9, petroleum tanker 28, refrigerated cargo 1 \\ ''registered in other countries'': 4 (Panama 3, Peru 1) (2010) \\ ||Ports and terminals|''major seaport(s)'': Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar \\ ''river port(s)'': Guayaquil (Guayas) \\ ''container port(s) (TEUs)'': Guayaquil (1,405,762) \\ ||Transportation - note|the International Maritime Bureau continues to report the territorial and offshore waters as at risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen