Malawi Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 9

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 10,545 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

7Q

Airports

28 (2024)

Railways

total: 767 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 767 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

Roadways

total: 15,451 km (2022)

paved: 4,038 km (2022)

unpaved: 11,413 km (2022)

Waterways

700 km (2010) (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River)

Ports and terminals

lake port(s): Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba (Lake Nyasa)

NOTE: The information regarding Malawi on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malawi 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malawi 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.