Mexico: Transportation#
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 21 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 357 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 45,560,063 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 713,985,467 mt-km (2015) |
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Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | XA (2016) |
Airports | 1,714 (2013) |
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 (2013) |
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 (2013) |
Heliports | 1 (2013) |
Pipelines | gas 18,074 km; liquid petroleum 2,102 km; oil 8,775 km; oil/gas/water 369 km; refined products 7,565 km; water 123 km (2013) |
Railways | total: 15,389 km standard gauge: 15,389 km 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified) (2014) |
Roadways | total: 377,660 km paved: 137,544 km (includes 7,176 km of expressways) unpaved: 240,116 km (2012) |
Waterways | 2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast) (2012) |
Merchant marine | total: 52 by type: bulk carrier 5, cargo 3, chemical tanker 11, liquefied gas 3, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 17, roll on/roll off 3 foreign-owned: 5 (France 1, Greece 2, South Africa 1, UAE 1) registered in other countries: 12 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Marshall Islands 2, Panama 5, Portugal 1, Spain 1, Venezuela 1, unknown 1) (2010) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Veracruz container port(s) (TEUs): Manzanillo (1,992,176), Lazaro Cardenas (1,242,777) (2012) oil terminals: Cayo Arcas terminal, Dos Bocas terminal LNG terminal(s) (import): Altamira, Ensenada cruise port(s): Cancun, Cozumel, Ensenada |