Malawi

Malawi Transport System

National air transport system number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 9

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 10,545 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix 7Q

Airports total: 32 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 112 Airports - with paved runways total: 7

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2021)

Airports - with unpaved runways total: 25 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 11

under 914 m: 13 (2021)

Railways total: 767 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 767 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

country comparison to the world: 99 Roadways total: 15,452 km (2015)

paved: 4,074 km (2015)

unpaved: 11,378 km (2015)

country comparison to the world: 122 Waterways 700 km (2010) (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River)

country comparison to the world: 82 Ports and terminals lake port(s): Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba (Lake Nyasa)