Transportation Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Transportation

Airports:
18 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Railways:
total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:
total: 97,287 km
paved: 78,802 km
unpaved: 18,485 km (2003)

Waterways:
160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2006)

Merchant marine:
total: 24 ships (1000 GRT or over) 162,280 GRT/227,478 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 18, container 2, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 6 (Germany 6)
registered in other countries: 3 (Panama 3) (2007)

Ports and terminals:
Colombo

NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka Transportation 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka Transportation 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.