Tanzania Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 11 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 91

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,481,557 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 390,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

5H

Airports

total: 166 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 10

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 156

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 24

914 to 1,523 m: 98

under 914 m: 33 (2021)

Pipelines

311 km gas, 891 km oil, 8 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 4,097 km (2022)

standard gauge: 421 km (2022)

narrow gauge: 969 km (2022) 1.067 m gauge

broad gauge: 2,707 km (2022) 1.000 m guage

Roadways

total: 145,203 km (2022)

paved: 11,201 km (2022)

unpaved: 134,002 km (2022)

Waterways

1,594 km (2022) (Lake Tanganyika 673 km, Lake Victoria 337 km, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) 584 km are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable)

Merchant marine

total: 314

by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 6, general cargo 144, oil tanker 49, other 111 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar

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