FACTOID # 2: American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
 
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North America > Mexico > Transportation

MEXICAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 291,000 [14th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 80 [6th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 69 [4th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 454 [2nd of 137]
Highways > Paved 108,087 km [15th of 171]
Highways > Total 329,532 km [12th of 181]
Motor vehicles 138 motor vehicles per 100 p [55th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Acapulco, Altamira, Bahias de Huatulco, Cabo San Lucas, Coatzacoalcos, Dos Bocas, Ensenada, Guaymas, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Puerto Progreso, Puerto Madero, Puerto Vallarta, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz
Roads, paved > % of total roads 49.54 % ... [39th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 337,192 km ... [10th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 116,751 km [23rd of 205]
Roadways > Total 235,670 km [20th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 118,919 km [21st of 175]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 30-70
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
prolonged drought, population growth, and outmoded practices and infrastructure in the border region have strained water-sharing arrangements with the US; nationals from Central America slip into Mexico seeking work or transit into the US; undocumented Mexican nationals continue to enter the United States
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 73.32 % ... [19th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 36.34 % ... [23rd of 153]
Vehicle abundance 10.91 per square km [50th of 141]
Waterways 2,900 km [33rd of 106]
Waterways > A note
navigable rivers and coastal canals

... View all Transportation stats

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Mexico, ma*a(c)xico, United Mexican States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos

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