Madagascar

Madagascar Transport System

National air transport system number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 18

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 541,290 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 16.25 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix 5R

Airports total: 83 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 66 Airports - with paved runways total: 26

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

914 to 1,523 m: 16

under 914 m: 1 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways total: 57

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 38

under 914 m: 18 (2021)

Railways total: 836 km (2018)

narrow gauge: 836 km (2018) 1.000-m gauge

country comparison to the world: 96 Roadways total: 31,640 km (2018)

country comparison to the world: 95 Waterways 600 km (2011) (432 km navigable)

country comparison to the world: 86 Merchant marine total: 27

by type: general cargo 14, oil tanker 2, other 11 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 137 Ports and terminals major seaport(s): Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara (Tulear)