Highways: total: 1,100 km
paved: 858 km
unpaved: 242 km (1996)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

Merchant marine: total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,395 GRT/6,614 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 1
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 9
note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2002)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Cape Verde on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cape Verde Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.