Railways 0 km

Highways
total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 10,940 km

Ports and harbors Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul

Merchant marine
total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,859 GRT/45,270 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 4, chemical tanker 1, combination ore/oil 5, container 1, oil tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1997 est.)

Airports 495 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 19
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 476
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 59
under 914 m: 404 (1997 est.)

Heliports 2 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Papua New Guinea Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.