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