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Railwaystotal: 438 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 16,000 km (2006)

paved: 1,400 km (2006)

unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)
Waterways150 km (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border) (2011)
Pipelines134 km gas
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Cotonou

LNG terminal(s) (import): Cotonou
Merchant marinetotal: 6

by type: other 6 (2020)
Airportstotal: 6 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 5 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2015)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1 (2015)

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 112,392 (2015)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 805,347 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixTY

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

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