DR Congo

National Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 13

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 932,043 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 890,000 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix 9Q

Airports total: 198 (2013)

country comparison to the world: 27 Airports - with paved runways total: 26

over 3,047 m: 3

2,438 to 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 1 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways total: 172

1,524 to 2,437 m: 20

914 to 1,523 m: 87

under 914 m: 65 (2013)

Heliports 1 (2013)

Pipelines 62 km gas, 77 km oil, 756 km refined products (2013)

Railways total: 4,007 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014)

125 1.000-m gauge

country comparison to the world: 48 Roadways total: 152,373 km (2015)

paved: 3,047 km (2015)

unpaved: 149,326 km (2015)

urban: 7,400 km (2015)

non-urban: 144,973 km

country comparison to the world: 34 Waterways 15,000 km (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)

country comparison to the world: 8 Merchant marine total: 22

by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 16 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 147 Ports and terminals major seaport(s): Banana

river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo); Kindu (Lualaba); Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu); Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)