Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Nigeria? Nigeria has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 8,600 km (2011) (Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is 5N
Transportation in Nigeria
| Number of Airports | 47 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 15 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 124 km condensate, 4,045 km gas, 164 km liquid petroleum gas, 4,441 km oil, 3,940 km refined products (2013) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 3,798 km (2014) |
| Standard gauge | 293 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge |
| Narrow gauge | 3,505 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 195,000 km |
| Paved | 60,000 km |
| Unpaved | 135,000 km (2019) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 13 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 104 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 8,169,192 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 19.42 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 928 (2023) |
| By type | general cargo 23, oil tanker 128, other 777 |
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