Editing Northern Mariana Islands (section)

===Infrastructure===
[[File:Entrance to Saipan International Airport.JPG|thumb|left|Saipan International Airport entrance]]
The islands have more than {{convert|220|mi|km}} of highways, three airports with paved runways (one about {{convert|9800|ft|m}} long; two around {{convert|6600|ft|m}}), three airports with unpaved runways, and one heliport. The main commercial airport is [[Saipan International Airport]].

Commuter airline [[Star Marianas Air]] provides short-haul flights between Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Congressman wants EAS eligibility for CNMI |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/126975-us-congressman-wants-eas-eligibility-for-cnmi |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=ch-aviation |language=en}}</ref> International carriers connect Saipan with Korea, China, and Japan; flights to the U.S. mainland typically connect through Guam or Hawaiʻi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting to Saipan |url=https://www.saipandoctors.com/getting-there |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Saipan Doctors |language=en}}</ref>

In addition to by air, inter-island travel within the commonwealth is possible via ferry or chartered vessel services. For example, to visit Pagan is a {{convert|200|mi|km|adj=on}} boat trip.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Pacific Daily News |first=Steve |last=Limtiaco |date=2019-08-11 |title=Here's why Pagan homestead applicants are having trouble getting permits to live on island |url=https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/heres-why-pagan-homestead-applicants-are-having-trouble-getting-permits-to-live-on-island/article_7988e5e8-6443-5c3b-8d93-215262c9d725.html |access-date=2023-10-12 |language=en}}</ref>

Mail service for the islands is provided by the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]] (USPS). Each major island has its own ZIP code in the 96950–96952 range, and the USPS two-letter abbreviation for the CNMI is MP<ref name="CNMI-LRC">{{cite web |url=http://cnmilaw.org/aboutcnmi.htm |title=About the CNMI |publisher=CNMI Commonwealth Law Revision Commission |access-date=January 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509002032/http://www.cnmilaw.org/aboutcnmi.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="USPS-abbrs">{{cite web |url=https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm |title=Publication 28, Postal Addressing Standards Appendix B: Two–Letter State and Possession Abbreviations |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=January 24, 2010}}</ref> ("Marianas Pacific", [[New Mexico|NM]] and [[Michigan|MI]] being taken). "CM" has been used previously and is still used in some contexts, but can be confused with [[Cameroon]]. For phone service, the islands are included in the [[North American Numbering Plan]], using [[area code 670]].<ref name="CNMI-LRC" />

Television service is provided by [[KPPI-LD]], Channel 7, which simulcasts Guam's [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate, [[KTGM]], as well as [[WSZE]], Channel 10, which simulcasts Guam's [[NBC]] affiliate, [[KUAM-TV]]. [[List of radio stations in the Northern Mariana Islands|About 10 radio stations]] broadcast within the CNMI.

In 2012, ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' reported that CNMI internet prices were five times those of Guam and that the price per megabit increases if a customer chooses a higher level internet package due to the limited bandwidth.<ref>{{cite web|author=Calabrese, Michael|author2=Daniel Calarco|author3=Colin Richardson|url=https://slate.com/technology/2012/05/internet-access-and-cost-in-american-samoa-northern-marianas-islands-guam.html|title=The Most Expensive Internet in America|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> In 2023, some Federal funding for improving broadband was allocated to the territory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buch |first=Kabir |date=2023-10-11 |title=High speed internet package comes to the Northern Mariana Islands |url=https://pasquines.us/2023/10/11/high-speed-internet-package-comes-to-the-northern-mariana-islands/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Pasquines |language=en-US}}</ref>