National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 9
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 443
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,039,359
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 149.393 million mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
PP (2016)

Airports:
4,093 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 698
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 27
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 179
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 436
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 49 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3,395
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 92
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 1,619
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 1,684 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
13 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
condensate/gas 251 km; gas 17,312 km; liquid petroleum gas 352 km; oil 4,831 km; refined products 4,722 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 29,849.9 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
broad gauge: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified)
dual gauge: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge
standard gauge: 194 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 9

Roadways:
total: 1,580,964 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 212,798 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 1,368,166 km
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
note: does not include urban roads (2010)
country comparison to the world: 4

Waterways:
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 766
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 16, general cargo 48, oil tanker 37, other 651 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 28

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
river port(s): Manaus (Amazon)
dry bulk cargo port(s): Sepetiba ore terminal, Tubarao
container port(s) (TEUs): Santos (3,780,000) (2015)
oil terminal(s): DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Ilha Grande (Gebig), Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal
LNG terminal(s) (import): Pecem, Rio de Janiero