Most internal transport in
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...
is conducted through boat travel between islands. Road transport infrastructure is rudimentary, with few paved roads.
Statistics
Railways
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
:
0 km
Highways
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-access ...
:
''total:''
1,360 km
''paved:''
33 km
''unpaved:''
1,327 km (includes about 800 km of private plantation roads) (2002)
Ports and
harbors
A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a ...
:
Aola Bay, Honiara, Lofung, Noro, Viru Harbor, Yandina
Merchant marine:
none (1999 est.)
Airports
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
:
36 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways:
''total:''
1
''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1 (
Honiara International Airport) (2012)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
''total:''
35
''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1
''914 to 1,523 m:''
9
''under 914 m:''
25 (2012)
Heliports
''total:'' 3 (2012)
References
Transport in the Solomon Islands
External links
{{Commons category, Transport in the Solomon Islands