Nicaragua

 

National Air Transport System


number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 7

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
YN

Airports
total: 147 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 38
Airports - with paved runways
total: 12

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 4 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 135

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 15

under 914 m: 119 (2021)

Pipelines
54 km oil (2013)

Roadways
total: 23,897 km (2014)

paved: 3,346 km (2014)

unpaved: 20,551 km (2014)

country comparison to the world: 106
Waterways
2,220 km (2011) (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country)

country comparison to the world: 41
Merchant marine
total: 5

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 166
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Bluefields, Corinto

major seaport(s): Auckland, Lyttelton, Manukau Harbor, Marsden Point, Tauranga, Wellington