Venezuela: Transportation#
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 17 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 122 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 6,456,853 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 6,204,085 mt-km (2015) |
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| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | YV (2016) |
| Airports | 444 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 127 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 33 914 to 1,523 m: 62 under 914 m: 17 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 317 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 57 914 to 1,523 m: 127 under 914 m: 130 (2013) |
| Heliports | 3 (2013) |
| Pipelines | extra heavy crude 981 km; gas 5,941 km; oil 7,588 km; refined products 1,778 km (2013) |
| Railways | total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 96,189 km (2014) |
| Waterways | 7,100 km (Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2011) |
| Merchant marine | total: 53 by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 12, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 5, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 14, petroleum tanker 16 foreign-owned: 9 (Denmark 1, Estonia 1, Germany 1, Greece 4, Mexico 1, Spain 1) registered in other countries: 14 (Panama 13, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon oil terminals: Jose terminal |
| Transportation - note | the International Maritime Bureau continues to report the territorial and offshore waters in the Caribbean Sea as at risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous 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 |