Merchant marine: none
Airports:
total: 174
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 17
with paved runways under 914 m: 117
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 36
@Costa Rica:Communications
Telephone system: 292,000 telephones; very good domestic telephone
service
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: connection into Central American Microwave System; 1
INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 71, FM 0, shortwave 13
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 18
televisions: NA
@Costa Rica:Defense Forces
Branches: Civil Guard, Coast Guard, Air Section, Rural Assistance
Guard; note - the Constitution prohibits armed forces
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 896,516; males fit for military
service 602,785; males reach military age (18) annually 32,815 (1995
est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $22 million, 0.5% of
GDP (1989)