National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 5
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 17
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,239,707
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,337,440 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
5H (2016)

Airports:
166 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
[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: 2
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 156
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 1
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 98
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 33 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 311 km; oil 891 km; refined products 8 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 4,567 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,707 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 41

Roadways:
total: 86,472 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 7,092 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 79,380 km (2010)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 55

Waterways:
(Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable) (2011)
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 279
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 10, container ship 9, general cargo 147, oil tanker 29, other 84 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 54

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar