Transportation of South Africa
Airports: | 731 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 146 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 51 914 to 1,523 m: 67 under 914 m: 13 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 585 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34 914 to 1,523 m: 302 under 914 m: 249 (2006) |
Pipelines: | condensate 100 km; gas 1,062 km; oil 966 km; refined products 1,354 km (2006) |
Railways: | total: 20,872 km narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 362,099 km paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways) unpaved: 288,593 km (2002) |
Merchant marine: | total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 32,815 GRT/39,295 DWT by type: container 1, petroleum tanker 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1) registered in other countries: 8 (Panama 3, UK 5) (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay |