Niger: Transportation#

National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 2
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 15,242
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5U (2016)
Airports30 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Heliports1 (2013)
Roadwaystotal: 18,949 km
paved: 3,912 km
unpaved: 15,037 km (2010)
Waterways300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)