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Railwaystotal: 3,819 km (2018)

standard gauge: 485 km 1.435-m gauge (2018)

narrow gauge: 3,334 km 1.000-m gauge (2018)
Roadwaystotal: 177,800 km (2018)

paved: 14,420 km (8,500 km highways, 1,872 urban roads, and 4,048 rural roads) (2017)

unpaved: 147,032 km (2017)
Waterwaysnone specifically; the only significant inland waterway is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania (2011)
Pipelines4 km oil, 1,432 km refined products (2018)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Kisumu, Mombasa

LNG terminal(s) (import): Mombasa
Merchant marinetotal: 24

by type: oil tanker 2, other 22 (2020)
Airportstotal: 197 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 16 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

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

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

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 181 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 107 (2013)

under 914 m: 60 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 25 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 188

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,935,831 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 294.97 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5Y

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

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