>Mexico
National Air Transport System
number of registered air carriers: 16 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 370
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 64,569,640 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,090,380,000 (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
XA
Airports
total: 1,714 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 3
Airports - with paved runways
total: 243
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 80
914 to 1,523 m: 86
under 914 m: 33 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1,471
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 42
914 to 1,523 m: 281
under 914 m: 1,146 (2021)
Heliports
1 (2021)
Pipelines
17,210 km natural gas (2022), 9,757 km oil (2017), 10,237 km refined products (2020)
Railways
total: 23,389 km (2017)
standard gauge: 23,389 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified)
country comparison to the world: 12
Roadways
total: 704,884 km (2017)
paved: 175,526 km (2017) (includes 10,845 km of expressways)
unpaved: 529,358 km (2017)
country comparison to the world: 11
Waterways
2,900 km (2012) (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast)
country comparison to the world: 35
Merchant marine
total: 671
by type: container ship 1, bulk carrier 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 31, other 624 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 36
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Veracruz
oil terminal(s): Cayo Arcas terminal, Dos Bocas terminal
major seaport(s): Nouadhibou, Nouakchott