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Railwaystotal: 3,798 km (2014)

standard gauge: 293 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

note: as of the end of 2018, there were only six operational locomotives in Nigeria primarily used for passenger service; the majority of the rail lines are in a severe state of disrepair and need to be replaced
Roadwaystotal: 195,000 km (2017)

paved: 60,000 km (2017)

unpaved: 135,000 km (2017)
Waterways8,600 km (Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2011)
Pipelines124 km condensate, 4045 km gas, 164 km liquid petroleum gas, 4441 km oil, 3940 km refined products (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos

oil terminal(s): Bonny Terminal, Brass Terminal, Escravos Terminal, Forcados Terminal, Pennington Terminal, Qua Iboe Terminal

LNG terminal(s) (export): Bonny Island
Merchant marinetotal: 728

by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 110, other 603 (2020)
Airportstotal: 54 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 40 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 10 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 3 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 14 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)

under 914 m: 3 (2013)
Heliports5 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 13 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 104

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 8,169,192 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 19.42 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5N

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

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