Sudan Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 269,958 (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

ST

Airports

41 (2024)

Heliports

4 (2024)

Pipelines

156 km gas, 4,070 km oil, 1,613 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 7,251 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 5,851 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations

Roadways

total: 30,000 km

paved: 8,000 km

unpaved: 22,000 km

urban: 1,000 km (2019)

Waterways

4,068 km (2011) (1,723 km open year-round on White and Blue Nile Rivers)

Merchant marine

total: 14 (2023)

by type: other 14

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Port Sudan

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan 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 Sudan 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.