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Railways | total: 4,007 km (2014) narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014) 125 1.000-m gauge |
Roadways | total: 152,373 km (2015) paved: 3,047 km (2015) unpaved: 149,326 km (2015) urban: 7,400 km (2015) non-urban: 144,973 km |
Waterways | 15,000 km (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011) |
Pipelines | 62 km gas, 77 km oil, 756 km refined products (2013) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Banana river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo) Kindu (Lualaba) Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu) Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika) |
Merchant marine | total: 21 by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 15 (2020) |
Airports | total: 198 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 26 (2017) over 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2017) under 914 m: 1 (2017) |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 172 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 87 (2013) under 914 m: 65 (2013) |
Heliports | 1 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 13 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 932,043 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 890,000 mt-km (2018) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | 9Q |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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