Puerto Rico: Facts & Stats

TRANSPORTATION

Roads:

Puerto Rico has an extensive system of roads and highways featuring tolled autopistas. In total, there are more than 8,950 miles (14,400 km, 1999 est.) of paved road. Some of the major highways are:

• PR-1 - Original main road between San Juan and Ponce before the completion of PR-52. It is now mostly used by people living nearby and as a scenic route.
• PR-2 - Main freeway/highway/urban primary highway between/through Ponce, Mayagüez, Aguadilla, and Arecibo. Original main highway between Arecibo and San Juan before completion of PR-22 (currently undergoing a conversion to a freeway between Ponce and Mayagüez).
• PR-3 - (65th Infantry Avenue) Original main highway/urban primary highway between/through Salinas, Guayama, Humacao, Fajardo and San Juan (before completion of PR-52, PR-53, PR-66, and PR-26).
• PR-10 - Main highway between Ponce, Adjuntas, Utuado and Arecibo (currently under construction: sections from Ponce to Adjuntas and Utuado to Arecibo are complete and open; while section between Adjuntas and Utuado under construction, with detour through PR-123).
• PR-22 - Main freeway between San Juan and Hatillo (plans are under way to extend freeway to Aguadilla).
• PR-52 (Las Américas Expressway and/or Luis A. Ferré Expressway) - Main freeway between San Juan and Ponce. It's one of the busiest freeways in the world.
• PR-53 - Main freeway between Salinas, Guayama, Yabucoa, Humacao and Fajardo (currently under construction: section between Salinas and Guayama and Humacao to Fajardo are complete and open; while section between Guayama, Yabucoa and Humacao are currently under construction).
• PR-66 - Main freeway between Canóvanas, Carolina, and San Juan (plans are under way to extend the freeway to Río Grande).

Railroads:

Current systems

• Tren Urbano - provides passenger train service between various points of the San Juan Metropolitan Area, between Bayamón, Guaynabo and several important sections of San Juan. Plans are on the way to expand the system in the future.
• Port of Ponce Railroad - is a very small and short railroad system located in Ponce mainly to assist in loading and unloading cargo ships. It is very rarely seen in operations, although this may change in the future (see Major ports below).
• Tourism Railroads - Several locomotives are used for tourism and recreational services, such as "El Parque del Tren" in Bayamón (demolished to make way for the Tren Urbano) and the historic narrow gauge old sugarcane plantation "Tren del Sur" in Arroyo (currently abandoned but with plans for restoration).

Defunct systems

The Puerto Rico train system flourished during the late 19th and early 20th century due to a large sugar cane industry in the island. Most, if not all, of these system were private-owned services.

During the 1870s and 1890s, Puerto Rico did not have a national railroad system, but the city of Mayagüez did have a small passenger rail system for transporting its residents mainly along the Mendez Vigo Avenue.

Aviation:

Puerto Rico has a total of 30 airports, including one in each of the smaller islands of Vieques and Culebra. The main airport is Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, and consists of two runways and three concourses. It is by far the busiest airport in Puerto Rico, with direct connections to most major cities in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Madrid, Spain.

Puerto Rico's next largest airports are usually former U.S. Air Force bases converted to public airports. Most of the airports in Puerto Rico are used exclusively for private planes and for limited passenger travel to local destinations within Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

• Puerto Rico has 21 airports with paved runways, of which:
• 3 airports with more than 10,000 ft (3,048 m) of runway.
• 3 airports with runways ranging between 5,000 ft (1,524 m) and 8,000 ft (2,438 m).
• 15 airports with less than 5,000 ft (1,524 m) of runway.
• Puerto Rico also has 9 airports with unpaved runways, all of which have less than 5,000 ft (1,524 m) of runway.

Airlines based in Puerto Rico

The following are airlines based in Puerto Rico, whose routes are mainly within Puerto Rico and its smaller islands and the Dominican Republic:

Latent

• Aerovias Nacionales de Puerto Rico (1936- )
• Puertorriqueña de Aviación (1941- )

Currently or recently operating/licensed

Aeromed (for medical emergencies only) Air Caribbean Air Culebra Air Flamenco Dorado Wings Executive Air Fina Air (defunct) Isla Nena Air Oceanair Prinair Roblex Aviation San Juan Aviation Tol Air

Vieques Air Link American Airlines American Eagle Delta Airlines Spirit Airlines JetBlue AirTran Airways American Trans Air United Continental Copa Airlines Insel Air Iberia

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