Railroads: 378 km operable on Luzon, 34% government owned (1982)

Highways:
total: 157,450 km
paved: 22,400 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 85,050 km; unimproved earth 50,000 km (1988)

Inland waterways: 3,219 km; limited to shallow-draft (less than 1.5 m) vessels
Pipelines: petroleum products 357 km

Ports: Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras, Iloilo, Legaspi, Manila, Subic Bay
Merchant marine: 553 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,451,047 GRT/13,934,255 DWT, bulk 241, cargo 145, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil 1, container 8, liquefied gas 3, livestock carrier 9, oil tanker 33, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 13, refrigerated cargo 27, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger 12, vehicle carrier 35
note: many Philippine flag ships are foreign owned and are on the register for the purpose of long-term bare-boat charter back to their original owners who are principally in Japan and Germany

Airports:
total: 270
usable: 238
with permanent-surface runways: 74
with runways over 3,659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 9
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 57

NOTE: The information regarding Philippines on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Philippines Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Philippines Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.