National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 1
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 6,010
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,467 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
7Q (2016)

Airports:
32 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 113
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 25
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 11
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 13 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 767 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 767 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 100

Roadways:
total: 15,450 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 6,951 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 8,499 km (2011)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 121

Waterways:
700 km (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
lake port(s): Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba (Lake Nyasa)