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Transportation in Ecuador is the transport infrastructure networks in Ecuador and those connecting the country with other countries. Transportation in Ecuador include aviation, highways, pipelines, ports and harbors, railways and waterways. Apart from transporting passengers, the country is a relatively small exporter of fruits and vegetables such as banana, papayas and pineapples.

Aviation

National airlines

• Avianca
• LATAM Airlines

Airports

359 (2006 est.)

Airports (paved)

• total: 98
  • over 3,047 m: 3
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 29
  • under 914 m: 43

Airports (unpaved)

total: 261

914 to 1,523 m:33

under 914 m:228

Heliports

2 (2010)

Highways

• total: 43,197 kilometres (26,841 mi)
  • paved: 6,467 kilometres (4,018 mi)
  • unpaved: 36,730 kilometres (22,820 mi) (2004 est.)

The Sierra Region still plays an important role in transportation throughout the country. The Pan-American Highway crosses it from north to south. Ecuador has managed to update some roads into four-lane freeways:

• Quito – Alpichacas. Length: 33 km.
• Guayaquil ring-road. Length: 46 km.
• Guayaquil – Taura. Length: 30 km.
• Guayaquil – Cerro Blanco. Length: 27 km.
• Machala – Pasaje. Length: 23 km.

Bus transport

• Bus transport in Ecuador

Pipelines

• crude oil 800 km
• petroleum products 1,358 km

Ports and harbors

Pacific Ocean

• Esmeraldas
• Guayaquil, La Libertad
• Manta
• Puerto Bolívar
• San Lorenzo

Merchant marine

• total: 31 ships (1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over) totaling 184,819 GT/300,339 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
• ships by type: (2006 est.)
  • Chemical tanker 1
  • gas carrying tanker 1
  • Passenger ships 7
  • Petroleum tankers 21
  • Specialized tanker 1
• Foreign-owned: 2
  • Norway 1
  • Paraguay 1
• Registered in other countries 1
  • Georgia 1

Railways

Total: 812 km (single track)
Narrow gauge: 812 km of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge.

All services ceased in 2020.

Proposals

There is a proposed rail connection with Colombia. On 5 July 2008, a meeting took place between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also. There is no railway service to Peru.

Metro services

In 2020, the Cuenca Tramway (Tranvía Cuenca), the first modern rail transit line in Ecuador, opened for service.

The Quito Metro initiated its commercial operations on 1 December 2023.

Waterways

1,500 kilometres (930 mi)

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

• Useful tips and articles about transportation in Ecuador

See also

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History	Pre-Columbian Ecuador Real Audiencia of Quito War of Independence Gran Colombia (reunification) Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute 1830–1860 March Revolution Ecuadorian–Peruvian War (1857–1860) 1860–1895 Liberal Revolution of 1895 1895–1925 Concha Revolution 1922 general strike 1925–1944 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War 1944–1960 1960–1990 Military Junta of 1963 El Carnavalazo Supreme Council of Government Paquisha War 1990–present War on drugs in Ecuador Cenepa War 2000 coup d'état 2010 coup d'état attempt and crisis 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
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