Egypt vs. Sudan
Transportation
| Egypt | Sudan | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways | total: 5,085 km (2014) standard gauge: 5,085 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2014) | total: 7,251 km (2014) narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations |
| Roadways | total: 65,050 km (2017) paved: 48,000 km (2017) unpaved: 17,050 km (2017) | total: 31,000 km (2019) paved: 8,000 km (2019) unpaved: 23,000 km (2019) urban: 1,000 km (2019) |
| Waterways | 3,500 km (includes the Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in Nile Delta; the Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) is navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m) (2011) | 4,068 km (1,723 km open year-round on White and Blue Nile Rivers) (2011) |
| Pipelines | 486 km condensate, 74 km condensate/gas, 7986 km gas, 957 km liquid petroleum gas, 5225 km oil, 37 km oil/gas/water, 895 km refined products, 65 km water (2013) | 156 km gas, 4070 km oil, 1613 km refined products (2013) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Mediterranean Sea - Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said oil terminal(s): Ain Sukhna terminal, Sidi Kerir terminal container port(s) (TEUs): Port Said (East) (3,816,084) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (export): Damietta, Idku (Abu Qir Bay) Gulf of Suez - Suez | major seaport(s): Port Sudan |
| Merchant marine | total: 402 by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 28, oil tanker 37, other 315 (2020) | total: 15 by type: other 15 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 83 (2013) | total: 67 (2020) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 72 (2017) over 3,047 m: 15 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 (2017) under 914 m: 6 (2017) | total: 17 (2020) over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 11 (2013) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013) under 914 m: 3 (2013) | total: 50 (2020) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 24 under 914 m: 9 |
| Heliports | 7 (2013) | 7 (2020) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 101 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 12,340,832 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 437.63 million mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 269,958 (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | SU | ST |
Source: CIA Factbook
