Vanuatu Transportation - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 8

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 374,603 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.66 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

YJ

Airports

total: 31 (2021)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 28

914 to 1,523 m: 7

under 914 m: 21 (2021)

Roadways

total: 1,070 km (2000)

paved: 256 km (2000)

unpaved: 814 km (2000)

Merchant marine

total: 306

by type: bulk carrier 18, container ship 2, general cargo 55, oil tanker 2, other 229 (2021)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Forari Bay, Luganville (Santo, Espiritu Santo), Port-Vila

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