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HistoryCentral Est. 1996
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Paraguay

Transportation

National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 8

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 560,631 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.97 million (2018) mt-km Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

total: 799 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 9 Airports - with paved runways

over 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2021) Airports - with unpaved runways

1,524 to 2,437 m: 23

914 to 1,523 m: 290

under 914 m: 471 (2021) Railways

total: 30 km (2014)

standard gauge: 30 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

country comparison to the world: 133 Roadways

total: 78,811 km (2020)

paved: 8,573 km (2020)

unpaved: 70,238 km (2020)

country comparison to the world: 61 Waterways

3,100 km (2012) (primarily on the Paraguay and Paraná River systems)

country comparison to the world: 34 Merchant marine

by type: container ship 3, general cargo 25, oil tanker 5, other 77 (2021)

note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges

country comparison to the world: 85 Ports and terminals

river port(s): Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion (Parana)

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