Benin: Transportation#

National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 112,392
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 805,347 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixTY (2016)
Airports6 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013)
Railwaystotal: 438 km
narrow gauge: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 16,000 km
paved: 1,400 km
unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)
Waterways150 km (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border) (2011)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Cotonou
LNG terminal(s) (import): Cotonou