Brazil National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 9
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 443
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,039,359
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 149.393 million mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
PP (2016)
Airports:
4,093 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 2
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 698
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 27
1,524 to 2,437 m: 179
914 to 1,523 m: 436
under 914 m: 49 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3,395
1,524 to 2,437 m: 92
914 to 1,523 m: 1,619
under 914 m: 1,684 (2013)
Heliports:
13 (2013)
Pipelines:
refined petroleum product 5,959 km (1,165 km distribution, 4,794 km transport); natural gas 11,696 km (2,274 km distribution, 9,422 km transport); crude oil 1,985 km (distribution); ethanol/petrochemical 77 km (37 km distribution, 40 km transport) (2016)
Railways:
total: 29,849.9 km
broad gauge: 5,822.3 km 1.600-m gauge (498.3 km electrified)
dual gauge: 492 km 1.600-1.000-m gauge
standard gauge: 194 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,341.6 km 1.000-m gauge (24 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 9
Roadways:
total: 1,580,964 km
paved: 212,798 km
unpaved: 1,368,166 km
note: does not include urban roads (2010)
country comparison to the world: 4
Waterways:
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 3
Merchant marine:
total: 775
by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 18, general cargo 48, oil tanker 38, other 651 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 28
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
river port(s): Manaus (Amazon)
dry bulk cargo port(s): Sepetiba ore terminal, Tubarao
container port(s) (TEUs): Santos (3,780,000) (2015)
oil terminal(s): DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Ilha Grande (Gebig), Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal
LNG terminal(s) (import): Pecem, Rio de Janiero