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El Salvador vs. Honduras

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El SalvadorHonduras
Railwaystotal: 13 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 12.5 km 0.914-m gauge (2014)
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: 9,012 km (2017)

paved: 5,341 km (2017)

unpaved: 3,671 km (2017)
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
Waterways(Rio Lempa River is partially navigable by small craft) (2011)465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2012)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Puerto Cutuco

oil terminal(s): Acajutla offshore terminal
major seaport(s): La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
Merchant marinetotal: 2

by type: other 2 (2020)
total: 514

by type: general cargo 246, oil tanker 83, other 185 (2020)
Airportstotal: 68 (2013)total: 103 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 5 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2017)

under 914 m: 1 (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: 63 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 11 (2013)

under 914 m: 51 (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: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 13

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,545,105 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10.73 million 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 prefixYSHR

Source: CIA Factbook