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Railwaystotal: 947 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 947 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 109,515 km (2009)

paved: 13,787 km (2009)

unpaved: 95,728 km (2009)
Waterways1,293 km (168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta) (2011)
Pipelines394 km gas, 20 km oil, 361 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Takoradi, Tema
Merchant marinetotal: 50

by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 3, other 41 (2020)
Airportstotal: 10 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 7 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 467,438 (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix9G

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

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