Eritrea Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 102,729 (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

E3

Airports

total: 13 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 4

over 3,047 m: 2

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

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 9

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2021)

Heliports

1 (2021)

Railways

total: 306 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge

Roadways

total: 16,000 km (2018)

paved: 1,600 km (2000)

unpaved: 14,400 km (2000)

Merchant marine

total: 9

by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 4 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Assab, Massawa

NOTE: The information regarding Eritrea 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 Eritrea 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eritrea 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.