Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Ecuador? Ecuador has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 1,500 km (2012) (most inaccessible). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is HC
Transportation in Ecuador
Number of Airports 310 (2024)
Heliports 28 (2024)
Pipelines 485 km extra heavy crude, 123 km gas, 2,131 km oil, 1,526 km refined products (2017)
Railways
Total 965 km (2022)
Narrow gauge 965 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge
Roadways
Total 43,950 km
Paved 8,895 km
Unpaved 35,055 km (2022)
National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers 7 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 35
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 5,365,261 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 64.2 million (2018) mt-km
Merchant marine
Total 154 (2023)
By type container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 28, other 117
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Ecuador is found in South America