Mozambique Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 11

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 540,124 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.78 million mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

C9

Airports

total: 98 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 21 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

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

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2017)

under 914 m: 4 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 77 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 29 (2013)

under 914 m: 38 (2013)

Pipelines

972 km gas, 278 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 4,787 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 4,787 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

Roadways

total: 31,083 km (2015)

paved: 7,365 km (2015)

unpaved: 23,718 km (2015)

Waterways

460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2010)

Merchant marine

total: 29

by type: general cargo 9, other 20 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Beira, Maputo, Nacala

NOTE: The information regarding Mozambique 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 Mozambique 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mozambique 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.