Railways
total: 578 km
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.)

Highways
total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.)

Waterways streams navigable along small sections, important only locally

Ports and harbors Cotonou, Porto-Novo

Merchant marine none (2002 est.)

Airports 5 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.