Transport in the Bahamas

Transport in the Bahamas

=Highways=

Highways are the easiest way for most people to travel on land in The Bahamas since more than half of the roads are classified as highways. There are approximately 2,693 kilometres or 1,670 miles of highway total on all of islands combined in The Bahamas. Out of these roads about, 1,546 kilometres, or 959 miles of them are paved highways, while the rest consist of dirt roads and other unpaved roads which may make for difficult travel. Drivers drive on the left-hand side of the road.

Ports and harbours

Marinas and harbours are plentiful on The Bahamas islands, making aquatic travel an easy way to navigate between the islands group. Boat travel can be the only way to reach some of the smaller islands. Travellers entering the island will need to clear customs first, but boatsmen can enter any of the following ports of entry and harbours in The Bahamas:
* The Abacos: Green Turtle Cay, Marsh Harbour, Spanish Cay, Treasure Cay, or Walker’s Cay
* The Berrys: Chub and Great Harbours Bay
* North Bimini: Alice Town
* Cat Cay: Hawksnest Marina
* Nassau/New Providence Islands: Any marina
* Grand Bahama Island: Freeport Harbour, Lucayan Marina Village and Port Lucaya, or Old Bahama Bay at West End
* Eluthera: Governor’s Harbour, Harbour Island, Rock Sound, or Spanish Wells
* The Exumas: George Town, Exuma
* Long Island: Stella Maris Airport
* San Salvador: Cockburn Town
* Mayaguana: Abraham’s Bay
* Inagua: Matthew Town

Merchant marine

Bermuda is a flag of convenience registry.

Airports

With 62 airlines servicing the region, it is pretty easy to reach The Bahamas. The main airports on the islands are Nassau International Airport and Grand Bahama International Airport. Out of the 62 airports, 33 have paved runways of which, there are two that are over 3,047 metres long.
"2,438 to 3,047 m:"2
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"15
"914 to 1,523 m:"12
"under 914 m:"2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
"total:"29
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"1
"914 to 1,523 m:"7
"under 914 m:"21 (1999 est.)

National airline

*Bahamasair

Heliports

1 (1999 est.)br>"2,438 to 3,047 m:"2
"1,524 to 2,437 m:"15
"914 to 1,523 m:"12
"under 914 m:"2 (1999 est.)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Bahamas — This article is about the country. For the Canadian singer guitarist, see Bahamas (musician). Commonwealth of the Bahamas …   Wikipedia

  • Outline of the Bahamas — …   Wikipedia

  • Geography of the Bahamas — The Bahamas from space. NASA Aqua satellite image, 2009. This short video shows the cloudy island of Cuba and the Bahamas as the ISS flies from the Caribbean Sea north east to the Atla …   Wikipedia

  • List of airports in the Bahamas — This is a list of airports in the Bahamas, grouped by island and sorted by location. TOC List See also * Transport in the Bahamas * * References *cite web url=http://www.bahamas.com/assets/content/pdf/Airportinformation.pdf?sectionid=26048… …   Wikipedia

  • Monarchy of the Bahamas — This article is about the monarchy of the Bahamas. For information on the other countries which share the same monarchy, see Commonwealth realm. Queen of the Bahamas Monarchy …   Wikipedia

  • Economy of the Bahamas — Infobox Economy country = The Bahamas width = 300px caption = Bahamian 5 cent coins kk currency = Bahamian dollar (BSD) year = 1 July 30 June organs = WTO, CARICOM rank = 153th gdp = $6.098 billion (2005 est.) growth = 3.5% (2005 est.) per capita …   Wikipedia

  • Music of the Bahamas — Music of the Anglophone Caribbean Genres Calypso Chutney Dancehall Dub Junkanoo Ragga Rapso Reggae Ripsaw Rocksteady Scratch Ska Soca Spouge …   Wikipedia

  • Culture of the Bahamas — Bahamian culture is a hybrid of African, European, and other cultures. During the past thirty years the culture has become increasingly influenced by the Hip Hop culture of United States. Bahamian culture is related to other creole cultures… …   Wikipedia

  • Demographics of the Bahamas — This article is about the demographic features of the population of The Bahamas, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.… …   Wikipedia

  • Telecommunications in the Bahamas — Telephones main lines in use: 132,900 (2007) county comparison to the world: 135 Telephones mobile cellular: 374,000 (2007) county comparison to the world: 155 Telephone system: general assessment: modern facilities domestic: totally automatic… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”