>Paraguay
National Air Transport System
number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 8
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 560,631 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.97 million (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
ZP
Airports
total: 799 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 9
Airports - with paved runways
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 784
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 290
under 914 m: 471 (2021)
Railways
total: 30 km (2014)
standard gauge: 30 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge
country comparison to the world: 133
Roadways
total: 78,811 km (2020)
paved: 8,573 km (2020)
unpaved: 70,238 km (2020)
country comparison to the world: 61
Waterways
3,100 km (2012) (primarily on the Paraguay and Paraná River systems)
country comparison to the world: 34
Merchant marine
total: 110
by type: container ship 3, general cargo 25, oil tanker 5, other 77 (2021)
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges
country comparison to the world: 85
Ports and terminals
river port(s): Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion (Parana)