Sri Lanka - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Airports:


18 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:


total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:


total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Railways:


total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:


total: 97,286 km
paved: 78,802 km
unpaved: 18,484 km (2003)

Waterways:


160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2006)

Merchant marine:


total: 25 ships (1000 GRT or over) 159,312 GRT/237,126 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 17, chemical tanker 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 5 (Germany 5)
registered in other countries: 2 (Panama 2) (2008)

Ports and terminals:


Colombo