Airports - with paved runways: total: 30 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 2 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 34 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 22 (2002)

Heliports: 1 (2002)

Military Bahamas, The

Military branches:
Royal Bahamas Defense Force (Coast Guard only), Royal Bahamas
Police Force

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$20 million (FY95/96)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.7% (FY99)

Transnational Issues Bahamas, The

Disputes - international:
have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary with the US

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and
Europe; offshore financial center