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Senegal Transportation Profile

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Railwaystotal: 906 km (713 km operational in 2017) (2017)

narrow gauge: 906 km 1.000-m gauge (2017)
Roadwaystotal: 16,665 km (2017)

paved: 6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways) (2017)

unpaved: 10,539 km (2017)
Waterways1,000 km (primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers) (2012)
Pipelines43 km gas, 8 km refined products (2017)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Dakar
Merchant marinetotal: 34

by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 29 (2020)
Airportstotal: 20 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 9 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 11 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)

under 914 m: 1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 11

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 21,038 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 40,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix6V

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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