Honduras: Facts & Stats

TRANSPORTATION

Roads:

Honduran roads are poorly lit and poorly marked. Vehicles are often driven at night without adequate illumination, and animals and people wander onto the roads at all hours. For these reasons, and because of the high incidence of crime, the U.S. Embassy strongly discourages car and bus travel after dark.

In 2002 there were 15,400 km (9,570 mi) of highways, about 3,126 km (1942 mi) of which were paved. Of the 107,500 registered vehicles, only 23,200 were passenger vehicles. The Pan American Highway virtually bypasses Honduras, entering from El Salvador and running to the eastern Nicaraguan border. The 362-km (225-mi) Inter-Ocean Highway is the only surface connection between the Pacific and the Caribbean that includes in its path both Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.

In 1971, a paved highway was opened between Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula and west to the Guatemalan border. Tegucigalpa is served by secondary roads to the north and east, while San Pedro Sula is connected both to the important Caribbean ports of Puerto Cortés, Tela, and Trujillo and to the western Mayan shrine site of Copán. Road improvements near the Nicaraguan border were undertaken with US military aid beginning in 1983.

Railroads:

Rail service exists only in the north, connecting the industrial and banana-growing northeastern coastal zone with the principal ports and cities. National Railway of Honduras, owned and operated by the government, maintains all 595 km (370 mi) of track.

The trains are slow, primitive, and quite cheap. Services are not reliable, so check to see if things are actually running just before you are set to embark.

Passenger train services in the north run only between San Pedro, Puerto Cortés, and Tela. A single passenger line runs in the southern part of Honduras on an erratic schedule. Make all inquiries and bookings locally.

Aviation:

Air service is important in the transportation of passengers and cargo. In 2001 there were 117 airports in Honduras, 12 of which had paved runways. The two principal airports are Ramon Villeda, at San Pedro Sula, and Toncontín, about 6.4 km (4 mi) from Tegucigalpa. Toncontín is served by Transportes Aéros Nacionales de Honduras/Servicio Aéreo de Honduras (TAN/SAHSA), Líneas Aéreas Costarricenses (LACSA), Challenge, and TACA airlines and the domestic carrier Lineas Aéreas Nacionales (LANSA). TAN/SAHSA flies to the US, Mexico, and other Central American countries and also provides domestic passenger service. In 2001, San Pedro Sula International Airport serviced 510,000 passengers on scheduled domestic and international flights.

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