Sierra Leone Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 50,193 (2015)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 (2015) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9L

Airports

total: 8 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 1

over 3,047 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 7

914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2021)

Heliports

2 (2021)

Roadways

total: 11,701 km (2015)

paved: 1,051 km (2015)

unpaved: 10,650 km (2015)

urban: 3,000 km (2015)

non-urban: 8,700 km (2015)

Waterways

800 km (2011) (600 km navigable year-round)

Merchant marine

total: 591

by type: bulk carrier 30, container ship 9, general cargo 319, oil tanker 108, other 125 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands

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