Central African Republic Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 46,364 (2015)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 (2015) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TL

Airports

total: 39 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 37

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

914 to 1,523 m: 19

under 914 m: 6 (2021)

Roadways

total: 24,000 km (2018)

paved: 700 km (2018)

unpaved: 23,300 km (2018)

Waterways

2,800 km (2011) (the primary navigable river is the Ubangi, which joins the River Congo; it was the traditional route for the export of products because it connected with the Congo-Ocean railway at Brazzaville; because of the warfare on both sides of the River Congo from 1997, importers and exporters preferred routes through Cameroon)

Ports and terminals

river port(s): Bangui (Oubangui)

Nola (Sangha)

NOTE: The information regarding Central African Republic on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Central African Republic 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Central African Republic 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.