Bahamas

BahamasNational Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 4 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 16 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 587,516 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 172,730 mt-km (2015) Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: C6 (2016) Airports: 61 (2013) country comparison to the world: 80 Airports - with paved runways: total: 24 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2017) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 37 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 17 (2013) Heliports: 1 (2013) Roadways: total: 2,700 km paved: 1,620 km unpaved: 1,080 km (2011) country comparison to the world: 170 Merchant marine: total: 1,440 by type: bulk carrier 335, container ship 53, general cargo 98, oil tanker 284, other 670 (2017) country comparison to the world: 19 Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point container port(s) (TEUs): Freeport (1,116,272)(2011) cruise port(s): Nassau