number of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,365,261 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 64.2 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
HC
Airports
total: 432 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 18
Airports - with paved runways
total: 104
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 26
under 914 m: 51 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 328
914 to 1,523 m: 37
under 914 m: 291 (2013)
Heliports
2 (2013)
Pipelines
485 km extra heavy crude, 123 km gas, 2131 km oil, 1526 km refined products (2017)
Railways
total: 965 km (2017)
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge (2017)
note: passenger service limited to certain sections of track, mostly for tourist trains
country comparison to the world: 91
Roadways
total: 43,216 km (2015)
paved: 8,161 km (2015)
unpaved: 35,055 km (2015)
country comparison to the world: 87
Waterways
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012)
country comparison to the world: 52
Merchant marine
total: 145
by type: container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 27, other 110 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 77
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar
container port(s) (TEUs): Guayaquil (1,680,751) (2019)
river port(s): Guayaquil (Guayas)