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Malawi Transport System
National air transport system
number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 9
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 10,545 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 10,000 (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
7Q
Airports
total: 32 (2021)
country comparison to the world: 112
Airports - with paved runways
total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 25 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 13 (2021)
Railways
total: 767 km (2014)
narrow gauge: 767 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge
country comparison to the world: 99
Roadways
total: 15,452 km (2015)
paved: 4,074 km (2015)
unpaved: 11,378 km (2015)
country comparison to the world: 122
Waterways
700 km (2010) (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River)
country comparison to the world: 82
Ports and terminals
lake port(s): Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba (Lake Nyasa)