Transport in Tonga includes road, air and water-based infrastructure. There are 680 km of
highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-acces ...
s in Tonga, of which 184 km are paved, and there are a number of air and seaports.
There are three
harbours in Tonga:
Neiafu,
Nukualofa and
Pangai, and in terms of
merchant marine, the country possesses seven ships that exceed 1,000
GT, whose masses combined total 17,760GT. By type, there is one bulk ship, two cargo ships, two liquefied gas ships, one petroleum tanker and
roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
ship, the
MV ‘Otuanga’ofa.
By 1999 estimates, there are six airports in Tonga. Of these, only
Fuaamotu International Airport on
Tongatapu
Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% of the nation ...
has paved runways. Of the remaining airports, one has runways exceeding length 1,524 m, two have runways longer than 914 m, with the remaining two having runways shorter than 914 m.
There was formerly a railway in Nuku'alofa, but it no longer exists.
Currently, Bajaj RE and
Bajaj Qute are used in Nuku'alofa as
taxi
A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choic ...
.
References
External links
{{Commons category, Transport in Tonga