Railways
total: 5,516 km
narrow gauge: 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation line

Highways
total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 5,310 km navigable

Pipelines refined products 815 km

Ports and harbors Juba, Khartoum, Kusti, Malakal, Nimule, Port Sudan, Sawakin

Merchant marine
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 38,093 GRT/49,727 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1997 est.)

Airports 65 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 53
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 11 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan 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 Sudan Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.