Senegal Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 11

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 21,038 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 40,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

6V

Airports

total: 20 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 9

over 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 11

1,524 to 2,437 m: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 1 (2021)

Pipelines

43 km gas, 8 km refined products (2017)

Railways

total: 906 km (2017) (713 km operational in 2017)

narrow gauge: 906 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge

Roadways

total: 16,665 km (2017)

paved: 6,126 km (2017) (includes 241 km of expressways)

unpaved: 10,539 km (2017)

Waterways

1,000 km (2012) (primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers)

Merchant marine

total: 35

by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 29 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dakar

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