Railways
total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge
note: carries mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (2001)

Highways
total: 16,382 km
paved: 1,818 km
unpaved: 14,564 km (1998)

Waterways 2,220 km (including 2 large lakes)

Pipelines crude oil 56 km

Ports and harbors Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur

Merchant marine none (2002 est.)

Airports 182 (2001)

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

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 171
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 25
under 914 m: 145 (2001)

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