Railways 0 km

Highways
total: 22,321 km
paved: 3,502 km
unpaved: 18,819 km (1997 est.)

Waterways about 4,587 km, primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional kilometers are sectionally navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m

Pipelines petroleum products 136 km

Ports and harbors none

Merchant marine
total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,370 GRT/3,000 DWT (1997 est.)

Airports 52 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 9
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 43
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 25 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.