Solomon Islands 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: 427,806 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 3.84 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

H4

Airports

total: 36 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 1

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

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 35

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 10

under 914 m: 24 (2021)

Heliports

3 (2021)

Roadways

total: 1,390 km (2011)

paved: 34 km (2011)

unpaved: 1,356 km (2011)

note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads

Merchant marine

total: 24

by type: general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 15 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor, Tulagi

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