Railways
total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal mines to maritime port at Bahia de Portete)
narrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (major sections not in use) (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 110,000 km
paved: 26,000 km
unpaved: 84,000 km (2000)

Waterways 18,140 km (navigable by river boats) (April 1996)

Pipelines crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km; natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km

Ports and harbors Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo

Merchant marine
total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,438 GRT/43,126 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 3, container 1, petroleum tanker 2
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 1,066 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 93
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 36
under 914 m: 9 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 37

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 973
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 58
under 914 m: 602 (2001)
914 to 1,523 m: 312

Heliports 1 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Colombia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Colombia Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Colombia Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.