Transportation in Cuba

Transportation in Cuba:

Railways

• total: 4,226 km
• standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
• note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2003)

Highways

• total: 60,858 km
• paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
• unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)

Waterways

240 km

Seaports and harbors:

Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine

• total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 54,818 GRT/81,850 DWT
• ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 4, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2
• registered in other countries: 35 (2003 est.)

Airports

• 170 (2003 est.)

Airports with paved runways

• total: 79
• over 3,047 m: 7
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
• 914 to 1,523 m: 6
• under 914 m: 37 (2003 est.)

Airports with unpaved runways

• total: 91
• 914 to 1,523 m: 29
• under 914 m: 62 (2003 est.)

National Airline

• Cubana de Aviacion

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