Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Venezuela? Venezuela has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 7,100 km (2011) (Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is YV
Transportation in Venezuela
| Number of Airports | 502 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 88 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 981 km extra heavy crude, 5941 km gas, 7,588 km oil, 1,778 km refined products (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 447 km (2014) |
| Standard gauge | 447 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 96,189 km (2014) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 12 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 75 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 2,137,771 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 1.55 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 272 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 17, other 225 |
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