South America > Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) > Transportation

View full size

Airports	6		[171st of 247]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m	1		[127th of 158]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1		[111st of 157]
Airports > With paved runways > Total	2		[178th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m	1		[82nd of 129]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total	4		[159th of 204]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m	4		[129th of 187]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Highways > Paved	50 km		[5th of 113]
Highways > Total	440 km		[4th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved	390 km		[3rd of 113]
Ports and harbors Stanley; note: the primary port is located in Stanley Harbour and known locally as FIPASS (Falkland Interim Port and Storage System); the facility consists of seven permanently moored barges providing 300 meters of berthing space; it was installed by the military after 1982 and handed over to the Falkland Islands Government in 1988
Ports and terminals	Stanley
Railways	0 km		[69th of 86]
Railways > Total	0 km		[144th of 220]
Roadways > Paved	50 km		[9th of 81]
Roadways > Total	440 km		[7th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	390 km		[3rd of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international claimed by Argentina whose forces briefly occupied it in 1982, but now declares it will no longer seek settlement by force; UK continues to reject Argentine requests for sovereignty talks
Waterways	0 km		[44th of 165]

Related links:

• Forum discussion > Transportation
• Stay updated with current stat feeds! Subscribe to the Transportation RSS / Atom feeds
•  Subscribe to our popular Transportation factoids RSS / Atom feeds
• Save this page on  del.icio.us / furl / your bookmarks

More facts and figures on Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)