Transportation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Railways:
total: 5,138 km (1995); note - severely reduced route-distance in use because of damage to facilities by civil strife
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge

Highways[?]:
total: 157,000 km
paved: NA km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: NA km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 15,000 km including the Congo River, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes

Pipelines: petroleum products 390 km

Ports and harbors: Banana, Boma[?], Bukavu[?], Bumba[?], Goma[?], Kalemie[?], Kindu[?], Kinshasa, Kisangani[?], Matadi, Mbandaka[?]

Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)

Airports: 232 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 24
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 208
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 96
under 914 m: 92 (1999 est.)

See also : Democratic Republic of the Congo