Kenya

Kenya Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 25 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 188

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 5,935,831 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 294.97 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix 5Y

Airports total: 197 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 29 Airports - with paved runways total: 16

over 3,047 m: 5

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways total: 181

1,524 to 2,437 m: 14

914 to 1,523 m: 107

under 914 m: 60 (2021)

Pipelines 4 km oil, 1,432 km refined products (2018)

Railways total: 3,819 km (2018)

standard gauge: 485 km (2018) 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 3,334 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge

country comparison to the world: 52 Roadways total: 161,452 km (2018)

paved: 14,420 km (2017) (8,500 km highways, 1,872 urban roads, and 4,048 rural roads)

unpaved: 147,032 km (2017)

country comparison to the world: 32 Waterways (2011) none specifically; the only significant inland waterway is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania

Merchant marine total: 26

by type: oil tanker 3, other 23 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 139 Ports and terminals major seaport(s): Kisumu, Mombasa

LNG terminal(s) (import): Mombasa