Transport in Honduras refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.
Railways
Total: Narrow gauge: gauge: gauge
Railway links with adjacent countries North to south: El Salvador — none Guatemala — none in use — break-of-gauge / (?) Nicaragua — none
Highways
Totals Paved: Unpaved: (2012 est.)
Double carriageway highways are slowly being developed in the main population areas in Honduras, however they are not traffic-selective and accept any kind of traffic, thus slowing the speed along them. The current ones are:
San Pedro Sula - Puerto Cortés. Length: San Pedro Sula - El Progreso. Length: San Pedro Sula - Villanueva. Length: Tegucigalpa ring-road. Length: Tegucigalpa - Támara. Length:
Waterways navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.
Ports and harbors
Atlantic Ocean Puerto Cortés, pop. 44,696 hab., off San Pedro Sula Tela, pop. 28,335 hab. La Ceiba, pop. 114,584 hab. Puerto Castilla, off Trujillo Roatan, pop. 6,502 hab.
Pacific Ocean San Lorenzo, pop. 21,043 hab.
Other Puerto Lempira, pop. 4,102 hab.
Merchant marine Total: 306 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 848,150 GT/
Ships by type (1999 est.):
Bulk carriers: 26 Cargo ships: 187 Chemical tankers: 5 Container ships: 7 Livestock carrier: 1 Passenger ships: 2 Passenger/cargo ships: 4 Petroleum tanker: 43 Refrigerated cargo ships: 15 Roll-on/roll-off: 9 Short-sea passenger ships: 5 Vehicle carriers: 2
Flags of convenience (1998 est.): North Korea owns 1 ship Russia, 6 Singapore: 3 Vietnam: 1
Airports
Total: 119 (1999 est.) Main international airports: San Pedro Sula and Comayagua. Other international airports: Roatan and La Ceiba
Airports with paved runways Total: 12 : 3 : 2 : 4 Under : 3 (1999 est.)
Airports with unpaved runways Total: 107 : 2 : 21 Under : 84 (1999 est.)
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