Railways 0 km (2001)

Highways
total: 14,000 km
paved: 3,360 km
unpaved: 10,640 km (1991)

Waterways 4,587 km approximately
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m

Pipelines petroleum products 136 km

Ports and harbors none

Merchant marine
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,370 GRT/3,110 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 51 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 42
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 26 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Laos 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 Laos Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.