Railways
total: 2,041 km
standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 315 km 0.914-m gauge (1994)

Highways
total: 72,800 km
paved: 7,353 km
unpaved: 65,447 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca

Pipelines crude oil 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids 64 km

Ports and harbors Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado, Salaverry, San Martin, Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries

Merchant marine
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 68,752 GRT/100,213 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 7 (1997 est.)

Airports 244 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 43
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 201
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 73
under 914 m: 100 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Peru 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 Peru Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Peru Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.