>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