National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 17
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 122
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 6,456,853
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 6,204,085 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
YV (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
444 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 127
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 6
[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: 33
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 62
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 17 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 317
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 57
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 127
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 130 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
3 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
extra heavy crude 981 km; gas 5,941 km; oil 7,588 km; refined products 1,778 km (2013)
total: 447 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (41.4 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 117
total: 96,189 km (2014)
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 50
7,100 km (Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 267
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 31, oil tanker 24, other 207 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 57
major seaport(s): La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
oil terminal(s): Jose terminal