Transportation Sudan - Sudan Transportation

Airports:
101 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 85
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 37
under 914 m: 27 (2007)

Heliports:
4 (2007)

Pipelines:
gas 156 km; oil 3,930 km; refined products 1,613 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)

Roadways:
total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (1999)

Waterways:
4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2006)

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 21,311 GRT/26,179 DWT
by type: cargo 2, livestock carrier 1 (2007)

Ports and terminals:
Port Sudan

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan 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 Sudan Transportation 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan Transportation 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.