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Transportation

Panama National air transport system:

Number of registered air carriers : 4 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 103 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 12,018,103 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 121,567,075 mt-km (2015) Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: HP (2016) Airports: 117 (2013) Airports - with paved runways : total: 57 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 30 (2017) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 60 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 51 (2013) Heliports: 3 (2013) Pipelines: oil 128 km (2013) Railways: total: 77 km standard gauge: 77 km 1.435-m gauge (2014) country comparison to the world: 129 Roadways: total: 15,137 km paved: 6,351 km unpaved: 8,786 km (2010) country comparison to the world: 123 Waterways: 800 km (includes the 82-km Panama Canal that is being widened) (2011) country comparison to the world: 72 Merchant marine: total: 8,052 by type: bulk carrier 2,665, container ship 617, general cargo 1,293, oil tanker 809, other 2,668 (2017) Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Balboa, Colon, Cristobal container port(s) (TEUs): Balboa (3,078,000), Colon (2,765,000), Manzanillo (1,821,000) (2015)

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