Short facts about transportation in Laos
| Highways: |
total: 14,000 km
paved: 3,360 km
unpaved: 10,640
km (1991) |
| Waterways: |
4,587 km
approximately
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897
additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5
m |
| Pipelines: |
petroleum products 136
km |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,370 GRT/3,000 DWT
ships
by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
5
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 43
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m:
17
under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
