National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 12
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 157
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 30,742,928
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,317,562,271 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
HJ, HK (2016)

Airports:
836 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 8
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 121
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 39
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 53
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 18 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 715
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 201
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 488 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
3 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 4,991 km; oil 6,796 km; refined products 3,429 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 2,141 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,991 km 0.914-m gauge (2015)
country comparison to the world: 73

Roadways:
total: 206,500 km (2016)
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 25

Waterways:
24,725 km (18,300 km navigable; the most important waterway, the River Magdalena, of which 1,488 km is navigable, is dredged regularly to ensure safe passage of cargo vessels and container barges) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 6
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 103
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 17, oil tanker 9, other 77 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 82

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo; Pacific Ocean - Buenaventura
river port(s): Barranquilla (Rio Magdalena)
oil terminal(s): Covenas offshore terminal
dry bulk cargo port(s): Puerto Bolivar (coal)
container port(s) (TEUs): Cartagena (1,853,342)