Benin: Transportation#
| National air transport system | number 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) |
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| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | TY (2016) |
| Airports | 6 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013) |
| Railways | total: 438 km narrow gauge: 438 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 16,000 km paved: 1,400 km unpaved: 14,600 km (2006) |
| Waterways | 150 km (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border) (2011) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Cotonou LNG terminal(s) (import): Cotonou |