Brazil

Brazil National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 9 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 443 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,039,359 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 149.393 million mt-km (2015) Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: PP (2016) Airports: 4,093 (2013) country comparison to the world: 2 Airports - with paved runways: total: 698 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 179 914 to 1,523 m: 436 under 914 m: 49 (2017) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3,395 1,524 to 2,437 m: 92 914 to 1,523 m: 1,619 under 914 m: 1,684 (2013) Heliports: 13 (2013) Pipelines: refined petroleum product 5,959 km (1,165 km distribution, 4,794 km transport); natural gas 11,696 km (2,274 km distribution, 9,422 km transport); crude oil 1,985 km (distribution); ethanol/petrochemical 77 km (37 km distribution, 40 km transport) (2016) Railways: total: 29,849.9 km broad gauge: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified) dual gauge: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge standard gauge: 194 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014) country comparison to the world: 9 Roadways: total: 1,580,964 km paved: 212,798 km unpaved: 1,368,166 km note: does not include urban roads (2010) country comparison to the world: 4 Waterways: 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012) country comparison to the world: 3 Merchant marine: total: 775 by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 18, general cargo 48, oil tanker 38, other 651 (2017) country comparison to the world: 28 Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao river port(s): Manaus (Amazon) dry bulk cargo port(s): Sepetiba ore terminal, Tubarao container port(s) (TEUs): Santos (3,780,000) (2015) oil terminal(s): DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Ilha Grande (Gebig), Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal LNG terminal(s) (import): Pecem, Rio de Janiero