Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Brazil? Brazil has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 50,000 km (2012) (most in areas remote from industry and population). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is PP
Transportation in Brazil
| Number of Airports | 4,919 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 1,768 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 5,959 km refined petroleum product (1,165 km distribution, 4,794 km transport), 11,696 km natural gas (2,274 km distribution, 9,422 km transport), 1,985 km crude oil (distribution), 77 km ethanol/petrochemical (37 km distribution, 40 km transport) (2016) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 29,849.9 km (2014) |
| Standard gauge | 194 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge |
| Narrow gauge | 23,341.6 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) |
| Broad gauge | 5,822.3 km (2014) 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified) |
| Dual gauge | 492 km (2014) 1.600-1.000-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 2 million km |
| Paved | 246,000 km |
| Unpaved | 1.754 million km (2018) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 9 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 443 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 102,109,977 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 1,845,650,000 (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 888 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 13, container ship 20, general cargo 38, oil tanker 27, other 790 |
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