Benin

 

Benin National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 1
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 112,392
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 805,347 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
TY (2016)
Airports:
6 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 171
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)
Railways:
total: 438 km
narrow gauge: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 118
Roadways:
total: 16,000 km
paved: 1,400 km
unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)
country comparison to the world: 120
Waterways:
150 km (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 101
Merchant marine:
total: 6
by type: other 6 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 159
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Cotonou
LNG terminal(s) (import): Cotonou