National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 1
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 61,031
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
YN (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Pipelines: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
147 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 12
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 4 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 135
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 15
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 119 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
oil 54 km (2013)
total: 23,897 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 3,346 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 20,551 km (2014)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 101
2,220 km (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 5
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 157
major seaport(s): Bluefields, Corinto