National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 16
[see also: National air transport system - number of registered air carriers country ranks ]
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 73
[see also: National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers country ranks ]
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 3,223,459
[see also: National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 22,400,657 mt-km (2015)
[see also: National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers country ranks ]

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

Airports:
54 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 88
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 40
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 3 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 14
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 3 (2013)

Heliports:
5 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
condensate 124 km; gas 4,045 km; liquid petroleum gas 164 km; oil 4,441 km; refined products 3,940 km (2013)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 3,798 km
standard gauge: 293 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 47
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 193,200 km
[see also: Roadways - total (km) country ranks ]
paved: 28,980 km
[see also: Roadways - paved (km) country ranks ]
unpaved: 164,220 km (2004)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved (km) country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 29

Waterways:
8,600 km (Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 89
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 28, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 56, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 3 (India 1, UK 2)
registered in other countries: 33 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Comoros 1, Italy 1, Liberia 4, North Korea 1, Panama 6, Seychelles 1, unknown 6) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos
LNG terminal(s) (export): Bonny Island

Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery of ships; in 2014, 18 commercial vessels were boarded or attacked compared with 31 attacks in 2013; crews were robbed and stores or cargoes stolen; Nigerian pirates have extended the range of their attacks to as far away as Cote d'Ivoire