Ecuador

 

National 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 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
HC

Airports
total: 432 (2013)

country comparison to the world: 18
Airports - with paved runways
total: 104

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 18

914 to 1,523 m: 26

under 914 m: 51 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 328

914 to 1,523 m: 37

under 914 m: 291 (2013)

Heliports
2 (2013)

Pipelines
485 km extra heavy crude, 123 km gas, 2131 km oil, 1526 km refined products (2017)

Railways
total: 965 km (2017)

narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2017)

note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains

country comparison to the world: 91
Roadways
total: 43,216 km (2015)

paved: 8,161 km (2015)

unpaved: 35,055 km (2015)

country comparison to the world: 87
Waterways
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012)

country comparison to the world: 52
Merchant marine
total: 145

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 27, other 110 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 77
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar

container port(s) (TEUs): Guayaquil (1,680,751) (2019)

river port(s): Guayaquil (Guayas)