Transport in Honduras refers to
transport
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in
Honduras, a country in
Central America
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.
Railways
; Total
:
*
Narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
:
* gauge:
* gauge
Railway links with adjacent countries
North to south:
*
El Salvador — none
*
Guatemala — none in use —
break-of-gauge
With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run on those rails) meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock generally cannot ...
/ (?
*
Transport in Nicaragua, Nicaragua — none
Highways
; Totals
* Paved:
* Unpaved: (2012 est.)
Double carriageway highways are slowly being developed in the main population areas in Honduras, however they are not traffic-selective and accept any kind of traffic, thus slowing the speed along them. The current ones are:
*
San Pedro Sula -
Puerto Cortés. Length:
*
San Pedro Sula -
El Progreso
El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the eas ...
. Length:
*
San Pedro Sula - Villanueva. Length:
*
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
ring-road. Length:
*
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
- Támara. Length:
Waterways
navigable by small craft, mainly along the Northern coast.
Ports and harbors
Atlantic Ocean
*
Puerto Cortés, pop. 44,696 hab., off San Pedro Sula
*
Tela
Tela is a town, with a population of 38,030 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida.
History
Colonial era
Tela was founded by the Spanish conquistador ...
, pop. 28,335 hab.
*
La Ceiba
La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern bo ...
, pop. 114,584 hab.
*
Puerto Castilla, off Trujillo
*
Roatan, pop. 6,502 hab.
Pacific Ocean
*
San Lorenzo, pop. 21,043 hab.
Other
*
Puerto Lempira
Puerto Lempira or Auhya Yari is the Miskito capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia regio ...
, pop. 4,102 hab.
Merchant marine
; Total
: 306 ships (1,000
GT or over) totaling 848,150 GT/
Ships by type (1999 est.):
Flags of convenience
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(1998 est.):
*
North Korea
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owns 1 ship
*
Russia
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, 6
*
Singapore
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: 3
*
Vietnam
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: 1
Airports
; Total
: 119 (1999 est.)
* Main international airports:
San Pedro Sula and
Comayagua.
* Other international airports:
Roatan and
La Ceiba
La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern bo ...
Airports with paved runways
; Total
: 12
* : 3
* : 2
* : 4
* Under : 3 (1999 est.)
Airports with unpaved runways
; Total
: 107
* : 2
* : 21
* Under : 84 (1999 est.)
References
External links
{{Commons category, Transport in Honduras