NationMaster - Cuban Transportation statistics

Aircraft departures	88	[88th of 155]
Airports	35	[35th of 231]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m	31	[31st of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	40	[40th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	21	[21st of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Total	28	[28th of 227]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	32	[32nd of 137]
Highways > Paved	43 km	[43rd of 171]
Highways > Total	47 km	[47th of 181]
Highways > Unpaved	37 km	[37th of 168]
Merchant marine > Ships by type bulk 3, cargo 4, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2
Merchant marine > Total	107	[107th of 156]
Pipelines gas 49 km; oil 230 km (2006)
Ports and harbors Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba
Railways > A note in addition to the 4,807 km of standard-gauge track in public use, 7,162 km of track is in private use by sugar plantations; about 90% of the private use track is standard gauge and the rest is narrow gauge (2000 est.)
Railways > Standard gauge	20 km 1.435-m gauge	[20th of 63]
Railways > Total	38 km	[38th of 134]
Roadways > Total	69 km	[69th of 222]
Vehicle abundance	81 per square km	[81st of 141]
Waterways	92 km	[92nd of 106]

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SOURCES: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. ; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; total length of the paved parts of the highway system; total length of the highway system; total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system; Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o; 1000 GRT or over ; The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products ; The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. ; This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. ; Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.; The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cuba, Republic of Cuba, Republica de Cuba

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