Benin Transportation - 2021

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2015)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1 (2015)

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 112,392 (2015)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 805,347 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

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Airports

total: 6 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 5 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)

Pipelines

134 km gas

Railways

total: 438 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

Roadways

total: 16,000 km (2006)

paved: 1,400 km (2006)

unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)

Waterways

150 km (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 6

by type: other 6 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Cotonou

LNG terminal(s) (import): Cotonou