National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 6
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 25
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 496,178
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 13,161,592 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
ST (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
74 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 16
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 2
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 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 ]
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 58
[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: 17
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 28
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 12 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
6 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
gas 156 km; oil 4,070 km; refined products 1,613 km (2013)
total: 7,251 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (20014)
country comparison to the world: 31
total: 11,900 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 4,320 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 7,580 km (2000)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 129
4,068 km (1,723 km open year-round on White and Blue Nile Rivers) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 17
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: general cargo 1, other 16 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 137
major seaport(s): Port Sudan