_#_Currency: lempira (plural—lempiras); 1 lempira (L) = 100 centavos
_#_Exchange rates: lempiras (L) per US$1—5.30 (fixed rate); 5.70 parallel black-market rate (November 1990)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 785 km total; 508 km 1.067-meter gauge, 277 km 0.914-meter gauge
_#_Highways: 8,950 km total; 1,700 km paved, 5,000 km otherwise improved, 2,250 km unimproved earth
_#_Inland waterways: 465 km navigable by small craft
_#_Ports: Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo
_#_Merchant marine: 173 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 527,481 GRT/812,095 DWT; includes 2 passenger-cargo, 107 cargo, 12 refrigerated cargo, 9 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 20 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 specialized tanker, 1 vehicle carrier, 18 bulk; note—a flag of convenience registry; the USSR owns one ship under the Honduran flag
_#_Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 175 total, 134 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m