Colombia vs. Ecuador
Transportation
| Colombia | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | total: 2,141 km (2015) standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (2015) narrow gauge: 1,991 km 0.914-m gauge (2015) | total: 965 km (2017) narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2017) note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains |
| Roadways | total: 206,500 km (2016) | total: 43,216 km (2015) paved: 8,161 km (2015) unpaved: 35,055 km (2015) |
| Waterways | 24,725 km (18,300 km navigable; the most important waterway, the River Magdalena, of which 1,488 km is navigable, is dredged regularly to ensure safe passage of cargo vessels and container barges) (2012) | 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012) |
| Pipelines | 4991 km gas, 6796 km oil, 3429 km refined products (2013) | 485 km extra heavy crude, 123 km gas, 2131 km oil, 1526 km refined products (2017) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo Pacific Ocean - Buenaventura oil terminal(s): Covenas offshore terminal container port(s) (TEUs): Buenaventura (1,121,267), Cartagena (2,995,031) (2019) river port(s): Barranquilla (Rio Magdalena) dry bulk cargo port(s): Puerto Bolivar (coal) Pacific Ocean - Buenaventura | major seaport(s): Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar container port(s) (TEUs): Guayaquil (1,680,751) (2019) river port(s): Guayaquil (Guayas) |
| Merchant marine | total: 120 by type: general cargo 22, oil tanker 8, other 90 (2020) | total: 147 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 29, other 110 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 836 (2013) | total: 432 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 121 (2017) over 3,047 m: 2 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 39 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 53 (2017) under 914 m: 18 (2017) | total: 104 (2017) over 3,047 m: 4 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 26 (2017) under 914 m: 51 (2017) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 715 (2013) over 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 25 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 201 (2013) under 914 m: 488 (2013) | total: 328 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 37 (2013) under 914 m: 291 (2013) |
| Heliports | 3 (2013) | 2 (2013) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 12 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 157 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 33,704,037 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,349,450,000 mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,365,261 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 64.2 million mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | HJ, HK | HC |
Source: CIA Factbook
