Zambia Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 8,904 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 75.08 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

9J

Airports

119 (2024)

Heliports

4 (2024)

Pipelines

771 km oil (2013)

Railways

total: 3,126 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,126 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

note: includes 1,860 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)

Roadways

total: 67,671 km

paved: 10,150 km

unpaved: 57,520 km (2021)

Waterways

2,250 km (2010) (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula Rivers)

Merchant marine

total: 2 (2023)

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1

Ports and terminals

river port(s): Mpulungu (Zambezi)