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

Highways
total : 11,610 km
paved: 4,203 km
unpaved: 7,407 km (1995 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 37,359 GRT/49,422 DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1996 est.)

Airports 56 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 20
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
under 914 m: 8 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m : 24 (1996 est.)

Heliports 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.