Transportation South Africa - South Africa Transportation

Airports:
728 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 146
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 13 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 582
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 300
under 914 m: 248 (2007)

Heliports:
1 (2007)

Pipelines:
condensate 100 km; gas 1,062 km; oil 966 km; refined products 1,354 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:
total: 362,099 km
paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways)
unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 28,722 GRT/32,226 DWT
by type: container 1, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas 1, Seychelles 1, UK 4, unknown 1) (2007)

Ports and terminals:
Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay

NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Transportation 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Transportation 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.