Mauritania Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 454,435 (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

5T

Airports

total: 30 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 9

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 21

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 8

under 914 m: 2 (2021)

Railways

total: 728 km (2014)

standard gauge: 728 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge

Roadways

total: 12,253 km (2018)

paved: 3,988 km (2018)

unpaved: 8,265 km (2018)

Waterways

1,086 km (2022) (some navigation possible on the Senegal River)

Merchant marine

total: 5

by type: general cargo 2, other 3 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Nouadhibou, Nouakchott

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