National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 1
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 11,796
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 79,092,826 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
9J (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
88 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 8
[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 ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
total: 80
[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: 5
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 53
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 21 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
oil 771 km (2013)
total: 3,126 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
narrow gauge: 3,126 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 58
total: 40,454 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 9,403 km
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 31,051 km (2005)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 87
2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula Rivers) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 1
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: other 1 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 166
river port(s): Mpulungu (Zambezi)