Laos Transportation 2001

Railways: 0 km

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

Ports and harbors: none

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: 51 (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.)

NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos Transportation 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos Transportation 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.