Namibia Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 602,893 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 26.29 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

V5

Airports

total: 112 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 19

over 3,047 m: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 93

1,524 to 2,437 m: 25

914 to 1,523 m: 52

under 914 m: 16 (2021)

Railways

total: 2,628 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 2,628 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

Roadways

total: 48,875 km (2018)

paved: 7,893 km (2018)

unpaved: 40,982 km (2018)

Merchant marine

total: 14

by type: general cargo 1, other 13 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Luderitz, Walvis Bay

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