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Guatemala vs. Honduras

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GuatemalaHonduras
Railwaystotal: 800 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 800 km 0.914-m gauge (2018)

note: despite the existence of a railway network, all rail service was suspended in 2007 and no passenger or freight train currently runs in the country (2018)
total: 699 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 164 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

115 km 1.057-m gauge
420 km 0.914-m gauge
Roadwaystotal: 17,621 km (2016)

paved: 7,489 km (2016)

unpaved: 10,132 km (includes 4,960 km of rural roads) (2016)
total: 14,742 km (2012)

paved: 3,367 km (2012)

unpaved: 11,375 km (1,543 km summer only) (2012)

note: an additional 8,951 km of non-official roads used by the coffee industry
Waterways990 km (260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season) (2012)465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2012)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castillamajor seaport(s): La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
Merchant marinetotal: 8

by type: oil tanker 1, other 7 (2020)
total: 514

by type: general cargo 246, oil tanker 83, other 185 (2020)
Airportstotal: 291 (2013)total: 103 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 16 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 4 (2017)
total: 13 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2017)

under 914 m: 3 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 275 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 77 (2013)

under 914 m: 195 (2013)
total: 90 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 16 (2013)

under 914 m: 73 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 5

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 145,795 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 110,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 26

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 251,149 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 450,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixTGHR

Source: CIA Factbook