South Sudan Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2

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

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Z8

Airports

82 (2024)

Heliports

1 (2024)

Railways

total: 248 km (2018)

note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational

Roadways

total: 90,200 km

paved: 300 km

unpaved: 89,900 km (2015)

note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair; the Juba-Nimule highway connecting Juba to the border with Uganda is the main paved road in South Sudan 

Waterways

see entry for Sudan