Ghana Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 467,438 (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9G

Airports

total: 10 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 7

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 3

914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2021)

Pipelines

681.3 km gas, 11.4 km oil, 435 km refined products (2022)

Railways

total: 947 km (2022)

narrow gauge: 947 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge

Roadways

total: 65,725 km (2021)

paved: 14,948 km (2021)

unpaved: 50,777 km (2021)

urban: 28,480 km 27% total paved 73% total unpaved

Waterways

1,293 km (2011) (168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta)

Merchant marine

total: 51

by type: general cargo 7, oil tanker 3, other 41 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Takoradi, Tema

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