Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Brazil? Brazil has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 50,000 km (2012) (most in areas remote from industry and population). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is PP
Transportation in Brazil
Number of Airports 4,919 (2024)
Heliports 1,768 (2024)
Pipelines 5,959 km refined petroleum product (1,165 km distribution, 4,794 km transport), 11,696 km natural gas (2,274 km distribution, 9,422 km transport), 1,985 km crude oil (distribution), 77 km ethanol/petrochemical (37 km distribution, 40 km transport) (2016)
Railways
Total 29,849.9 km (2014)
Standard gauge 194 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge
Narrow gauge 23,341.6 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified)
Broad gauge 5,822.3 km (2014) 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified)
Dual gauge 492 km (2014) 1.600-1.000-m gauge
Roadways
Total 2 million km
Paved 246,000 km
Unpaved 1.754 million km (2018)
National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers 9 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 443
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 102,109,977 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 1,845,650,000 (2018) mt-km
Merchant marine
Total 888 (2023)
By type bulk carrier 13, container ship 20, general cargo 38, oil tanker 27, other 790
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Brazil is found in South America