number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 13
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 932,043 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 890,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
9Q
Airports
total: 198 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 27
Airports - with paved runways
total: 26
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 172
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 87
under 914 m: 65 (2013)
Heliports
1 (2013)
Pipelines
62 km gas, 77 km oil, 756 km refined products (2013)
Railways
total: 4,007 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified) (2014)
125 1.000-m gauge
country comparison to the world: 48
Roadways
total: 152,373 km (2015)
paved: 3,047 km (2015)
unpaved: 149,326 km (2015)
urban: 7,400 km (2015)
non-urban: 144,973 km
country comparison to the world: 34
Waterways
15,000 km (including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 8
Merchant marine
total: 22
by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 16 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 147
Ports and terminals
major seaport(s): Banana
river or lake port(s): Boma, Bumba, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka (Congo); Kindu (Lualaba); Bukavu, Goma (Lake Kivu); Kalemie (Lake Tanganyika)