South Africa: Transportation#
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 23 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 216 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 17,188,887 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 885,277,991 mt-km (2015) |
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| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | ZS (2016) |
| Airports | 566 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 144 over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 52 914 to 1,523 m: 65 under 914 m: 9 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 422 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 31 914 to 1,523 m: 258 under 914 m: 132 (2013) |
| Heliports | 1 (2013) |
| Pipelines | condensate 94 km; gas 1,293 km; oil 992 km; refined products 1,460 km (2013) |
| Railways | total: 20,986 km standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge (80 km electrified) narrow gauge: 19,756 km 1.065-m gauge (8,271 km electrified) other: 1,150 km (passenger rail, gauge unspecified, 1,115.5 km electrified) (2014) |
| Roadways | total: 747,014 km paved: 158,952 km unpaved: 588,062 km (2014) |
| Merchant marine | total: 3 by type: petroleum tanker 3 registered in other countries: 19 (Australia 1, Isle of Man 2, Mexico 1, NZ 1, Seychelles 1, Singapore 13) (2010) |
| Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay container port(s) (TEUs): Durban (2,712,975) LNG terminal(s) (import): Mossel Bay |