| Railways | total: 20,986 km (2014) standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified) (2014) narrow gauge: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified) (2014) other: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 750,000 km (2016) paved: 158,124 km (2016) unpaved: 591,876 km (2016) |
| Pipelines | 94 km condensate, 1293 km gas, 992 km oil, 1460 km refined products (2013) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay container port(s) (TEUs): Durban (2,769,869) (2019) LNG terminal(s) (import): Mossel Bay |
| Merchant marine | total: 103 by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 93 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 407 (2020) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 130 (2020) over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 46 914 to 1,523 m: 60 under 914 m: 7 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 277 (2020) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 178 under 914 m: 79 |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 17 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 243 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 23,921,748 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 716.25 million mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | ZS |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
