Mexico

 

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
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

XA
Airports

total: 1,714 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 3
Airports - with paved runways

total: 243

over 3,047 m: 12

2,438 to 3,047 m: 32

1,524 to 2,437 m: 80

914 to 1,523 m: 86

under 914 m: 33 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 1,471

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 42

914 to 1,523 m: 281

under 914 m: 1,146 (2021)
Heliports

1 (2021)
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)

country comparison to the world: 12
Roadways

total: 704,884 km (2017)

paved: 175,526 km (2017) (includes 10,845 km of expressways)

unpaved: 529,358 km (2017)

country comparison to the world: 11
Waterways

2,900 km (2012) (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast)

country comparison to the world: 35
Merchant marine

total: 671

by type: container ship 1, bulk carrier 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 31, other 624 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 36
Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Veracruz

oil terminal(s): Cayo Arcas terminal, Dos Bocas terminal

major seaport(s): Nouadhibou, Nouakchott