Madagascar Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 18

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 541,290 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.25 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

5R

Airports

total: 83 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 26 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 16 (2017)

under 914 m: 1 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 57 (2013)

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

914 to 1,523 m: 38 (2013)

under 914 m: 18 (2013)

Railways

total: 836 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 836 km 1.000-m gauge (2018)

Roadways

total: 31,640 km (2018)

Waterways

600 km (432 km navigable) (2011)

Merchant marine

total: 29

by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 2, other 11 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara (Tulear)

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Madagascar 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.