Kenya Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 25 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 188

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,935,831 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 294.97 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

5Y

Airports

370 (2024)

Pipelines

4 km oil, 1,432 km refined products (2018)

Railways

total: 3,819 km (2018)

standard gauge: 485 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 3,334 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge

Roadways

total: 161,451 km (2023)

paved: 18,603 km (2023)

unpaved: 157,596 km (2023)

Waterways

(2011) none specifically; the only significant inland waterway is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania

Merchant marine

total: 26 (2023)

by type: oil tanker 4, other 22

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Kisumu, Mombasa

LNG terminal(s) (import): Mombasa