Republic of Congo

 

Republic of CongoNational Air Transport System


National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 333,899 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.6 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

TN (2016)
Airports

total: 27 (2013)

country comparison to the world: 123
Airports - with paved runways

total: 8 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 19 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Pipelines

232 km gas, 4 km liquid petroleum gas, 982 km oil (2013)
Railways

total: 510 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 510 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

country comparison to the world: 112
Roadways

total: 23,324 km (2017)

paved: 3,111 km (2017)

unpaved: 20,213 km (2017)

note: road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes

country comparison to the world: 108
Waterways

1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui Rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)

country comparison to the world: 61
Merchant marine

total: 11

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9 (2020)

country comparison to the world: 153
Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Pointe-Noire

oil terminal(s): Djeno

river port(s): Brazzaville (Congo)

Impfondo (Oubangi) Ouesso (Sangha) Oyo (Alima)