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===Transport=== [[File:Aeropuerto Internacional Playa de Oro.JPG|thumb|Playa de Oro airport in Manzanillo]] The most important transportation hub in the state is the port of Manzanillo, handling 91.3% of the shipping of the state and the immediate region.<ref name="xochitl65to66"/> It also operates as an overflow port for the commercial and industrial zones of western Mexico, the [[Bajío]] area and the center of Mexico, but handles overflow from as far as Los Angeles. Most of the merchandise that passes through here is part of the trade between Mexico and Asia.<ref name="xochitl65to66"/><ref name="puertogob">{{cite web |url=http://www.colima-estado.gob.mx/negocios/contenido.php?iw=52 |title=Ventajas Competitivas del Puerto |publisher=State of Colima |location=Colima, Mexico |language=es |trans-title=Competitive advantages of the Port |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714080003/http://www.colima-estado.gob.mx/negocios/contenido.php?iw=52 |url-status=live }}</ref> The port infrastructure consists of two types of installations. One is artificial, located in the interior port of San Pedrito and the other located in the bay proper. The artificial structure is a tall dock with a length of 450 meters and 225 meters wide for a surface of 10,125m2.<ref name="infraes"/> The Manzanillo port has a dock for cruise ships, and an average of 58 ships visit per year. Nearby are two large private marinas, one in Las Hadas and the other at Isla Navidad.<ref name="conociendo"/> The port area is not fully developed, with over 130 hectares reserved for expansion.<ref name="puertogob"/> The two main airports are the [[Playa de Oro International Airport]] in Manzanillo and the [[Lic. Miguel de la Madrid Airport]] in Colima.<ref name="infraes"/> Playa de Oro has flights to and from destinations in Mexico, the United States and Canada.<ref name="conociendo"/> The Miguel de la Madrid airport was opened in 1987, twenty-two km outside the capital. It extends over 386 hectares with runways that cover 16,200m2. The longest runway is 2.3 km long. It has one terminal.<ref name="asagob">{{cite web |url=http://www.asa.gob.mx/wb/webasa/colima_aeropuertos |title=Aeropuerto de Colima |publisher=ASA |language=es |trans-title=Colima Airport |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728180326/http://www.asa.gob.mx/wb/webasa/colima_aeropuertos |url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the Colima airport flights go to Mexico City, with about 100,000 passengers going through the terminal in 2009.<ref name="aeropuerto">{{cite web |url=http://www.aeropuertosdelmundo.com.ar/americadelnorte/mexico/aeropuertos/colima.php |title=Aeropuerto de Colima |publisher=Aeropuertos del Mundo |language=es |trans-title=Colima Airport |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=November 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111203804/http://www.aeropuertosdelmundo.com.ar/americadelnorte/mexico/aeropuertos/colima.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> The state has 1,424.5 km of roadway with 686.9 km paved with asphalt and the rest stone or dirt road. The main highway out of the state connects the city of Colima and Guadalajara. The second most important connects Manzanillo with [[Guadalajara]]. This roadway has broken Mexican records in the dimensions of its bridges. There are 191.5 km of railway with fifteen active stations.<ref name="infraes"/>
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