Editing Roraima (section)

== Transportation ==

=== Airways ===
[[File:Gate de embarque do Aeroporto Internacional de Boa Vista em julho de 2018.jpg|thumb|Boarding gate of Boa Vista International Airport.]]
In the state, there is only one [[international airport]] managed by [[Infraero]], [[Boa Vista International Airport|Boa Vista International Airport - Atlas Brasil Cantanhede]], located in the state capital.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Infraero Aeroportos - Roraima|url=http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/roraima/aeroporto-internacional-de-boa-vista.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123082328/http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/roraima/aeroporto-internacional-de-boa-vista.html|archive-date=23 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, the airport in the state capital handled 190,469 passengers and 931,248 [[air cargo]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Movimento Operacional|url=http://www.infraero.gov.br/index.php/br/aeroportos/roraima/aeroporto-internacional-de-boa-vista/movimento-operacional.html|access-date=March 31, 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2023}}</ref> The state also has 7 other state-class and smaller airports: Auaris Airport, in [[Amajari]]; Mucajaí Airport, in [[Mucajaí]]; Pacaraima Airport, in [[Pacaraima]]; Surucucu, Uaicas and Surucucus Airport, in [[Alto Alegre, Roraima|Alto Alegre]], the latter located inside the [[Yanomami Indigenous Territory]]; and Caracaraí Airport, in [[Caracaraí]]. These airports are of municipal and state administration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aeroportos no Estado de Roraima - Aeroportos públicos homologados pela ANAC em Roraima|url=http://www.emsampa.com.br/warrr.htm|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.emsampa.com.br}}</ref>

Air transport is the fastest to regulate in Roraima, being in better conditions than the others. The cities, districts and towns of the inland of Roraima are served, in most cases, by transport from [[Boa Vista, Roraima|Boa Vista]]. That said, it is the most isolated federative unit in Brazil.<ref name=":25" /> There is no [[rail network]] in the state.<ref name=":25" />

=== Highways ===
[[File:Mapa Rodoviário RR - detalhado.png|thumb|Road map of Roraima.]]
The only Brazilian state that has a road connection with Roraima is [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], through the [[BR-174 (Brazil highway)|BR-174]], which connects the municipalities in the South to the municipalities in the North of the state, and is also responsible for connecting Brazil to [[Venezuela]]. The BR-174 is {{convert|992|km|-2|abbr=out}} long and crosses the territory of the state from south to north, crossing the [[Branco River]] at the height of Caracaraí through the Caracaraí Bridge.<ref name=":25" /><ref name=":27">{{Cite web|date=2011-07-07|title=Roraima - Características Físicas e Humanas --> [Estradas e Transportes]|url=http://www.roraima.8m.com/eet.html|access-date=2021-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707070519/http://www.roraima.8m.com/eet.html|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>

There is also the [[BR-210 (Brazil highway)|BR-210]], also called Perimetral Norte, a project originating in the mid-twentieth century, from the [[Federal government of Brazil|Federal Government]], which had been carried out only partially and which, in principle, would link the state to [[Pará]], [[Amapá]] and the municipality of [[São Gabriel da Cachoeira]] (in Amazonas). This highway is {{convert|481|km|-2|abbr=out}} long and crosses the state in an east–west direction. Another highway in Roraima that crosses Brazil is the [[BR-401 (Brazil highway)|BR-401]], connecting the state with [[Guyana]]. It starts in Boa Vista and crosses the Branco River through the Macuxis' Bridge, entering the Guyanese territory. Other federal highways are BR-431, BR-432 and BR-433. Federal roads in Roraima add up to {{convert|1,638|km|-2|abbr=out}}.<ref name=":25" /><ref name=":27" />

There are state highways as well, including the RR-205 (which connects the capital to the headquarters of [[Alto Alegre, Roraima|Alto Alegre]]) and the RR-203 (connecting the headquarters and districts of Amajari to the BR-174), both of which are fully paved, signposted, and with good traffic conditions. Other important highways are the RR-325 and the RR-319, which cut through important agricultural areas and colonies of rural settlements. State highways add up to just over {{convert|2,000|km|-2|abbr=out}} in length and are largely in conditions of improper use.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Municípios de Roraima|url=http://www.roraima-brasil.com.br/pt/roraima/municipios/alto_alegre/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910223421/http://www.roraima-brasil.com.br/pt/roraima/municipios/alto_alegre/|archive-date=10 September 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name=":27" />

=== Waterways ===
[[File:Ponte dos Macuxis, Boa Vista.jpg|thumb|The Macuxis' Bridge crossing the Branco River.]]
River transport is also notable in the state, as well as in other states in the [[Amazon rainforest]]. However, river navigation is limited to the [[Branco River]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roraima (RR) - BrasilChannel.com.br|url=https://www.brasilchannel.com.br/estados/index.asp?nome=Roraima&area=quadro-natural|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.brasilchannel.com.br}}</ref> Transportation on the Branco River is heavily used for the economy, but with little passenger movement to inland cities. Regular navigation on this river occurs only in the mouth section (Negro River/Caracaraí), about {{convert|440|km|-2|abbr=out}} long. In this segment, the Branco River has a maximum draft of 5 metres in the period of floods and a minimum of 0.7 metres in the period of drought. Roraima is at a disadvantage in relation to the other Amazonian states in terms of waterway system. As it is the only one in which all its notorious rivers have their source in their own territory – the state's hydrographic system is 100% Roraiman –, it is bound to have few river outlets. In fact, Roraima has only one major fluvial outlet: through the Branco river, reaching the Negro river, heading from there to [[Manaus]] and [[São Gabriel da Cachoeira]]. Even so, the most important river in Roraima still poses additional difficulties.<ref name=":27" />