National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 23
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 216
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,188,887
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 885,277,991 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
ZS (2016)

Airports:
566 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 11
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 144
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 11
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 52
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 65
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 9 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 422
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 31
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 258
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 132 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
1 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
condensate 94 km; gas 1,293 km; oil 992 km; refined products 1,460 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 20,986 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified)
other: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 13

Roadways:
total: 747,014 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 158,952 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 588,062 km (2014)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 10

Merchant marine:
total: 82
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 1, oil tanker 5, other 74 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 92

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay
container port(s) (TEUs): Durban (2,770,000) (2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Mossel Bay