National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 7
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,762,485
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 86,128,720 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
HC (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
432 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 104
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 4
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 26
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 51 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 328
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 37
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 291 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
2 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
extra heavy crude 527 km; gas 71 km; oil 2,131 km; refined products 1,526 km (2013)
total: 965 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 91
total: 43,670 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 6,472 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 37,198 km (2007)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 84
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 138
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 37, other 95 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 75
major seaport(s): Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar
river port(s): Guayaquil (Guayas)
container port(s) (TEUs): Guayaquil (1,405,762)