Railways
total: 18,000 km
standard gauge: 18,000 km 1.435-m gauge (2001)

Highways
total: 323,977 km
paved: 96,221 km (including 6,335 km of expressways)
unpaved: 227,756 km (1997)

Waterways 2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals

Pipelines crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km

Ports and harbors Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Merchant marine
total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 656,594 GRT/987,822 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 3, petroleum tanker 27, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea passenger 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Canada 2, Denmark 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 1,852 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 235
over 3,047 m: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 86
under 914 m: 25 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 85

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1,617
under 914 m: 1,085 (2001)
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 461
1,524 to 2,437 m: 69

Heliports 2 (2001)

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