Sudan Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 269,958 (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

ST

Airports

41 (2024)

Heliports

4 (2024)

Pipelines

156 km gas, 4,070 km oil, 1,613 km refined products (2013)

Railways

total: 7,251 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 5,851 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations

Roadways

total: 30,000 km

paved: 8,000 km

unpaved: 22,000 km

urban: 1,000 km (2019)

Waterways

4,068 km (2011) (1,723 km open year-round on White and Blue Nile Rivers)

Merchant marine

total: 14 (2023)

by type: other 14

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Port Sudan