Niger Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 3

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

5U

Airports

total: 30 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 10 (2017)

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

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

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 20 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)

Heliports

1 (2013)

Pipelines

464 km oil

Roadways

total: 18,949 km (2010)

paved: 3,912 km (2010)

unpaved: 15,037 km (2010)

Waterways

300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 1

by type: general cargo 1 (2020)

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