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Railwaystotal: 248 km (2018)

note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational
Roadwaystotal: 90,200 km (2019)

paved: 300 km (2019)

unpaved: 89,900 km (2019)

note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair
Waterwayssee entry for Sudan
Airportstotal: 89 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 4 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 84 (2020)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 38

under 914 m: 33
Heliports3 (2020)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixZ8

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

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