Railways
total: 4,677 km
standard gauge: 4,677 km 1.435-m gauge (132 km electrified)
note: a large amount of track is in private use by sugar plantations

Highways
total: 27,700 km
paved: 15,484 km
unpaved: 12,216 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 240 km

Ports and harbors Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba

Merchant marine
total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 91,981 GRT/126,416 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 6
note: Cuba owns an additional 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 463,155 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Cyprus, Malta, and Belize (1997 est.)

Airports 171 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 77
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 36 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 94
914 to 1,523 m: 33
under 914 m: 61 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Cuba on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cuba Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cuba Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.