Railways
total: 789 km
narrow gauge: 789 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways
total: 28,400 km
paved: 5,254 km
unpaved: 23,146 km (1996 est.)

Waterways Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi); Shire River, 144 km

Ports and harbors Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota

Airports 45 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 39
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 24 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Malawi on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malawi Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malawi Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.