Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Mexico? Mexico has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 2,900 km (2012) (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is XA
Transportation in Mexico
| Number of Airports | 1,485 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 460 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 17,210 km natural gas (2022), 9,757 km oil (2017), 10,237 km refined products (2020) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 23,389 km (2017) |
| Standard gauge | 23,389 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified) |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 704,884 km |
| Paved | 175,526 km (includes 10,845 km of expressways) |
| Unpaved | 529,358 km (2017) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 16 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 370 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 64,569,640 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 1,090,380,000 (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 674 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 32, other 627 |
All Important Facts about Mexico
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