Transportation in Malawi
Railways:
Highways:
Waterways:
Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi); Shire River, 144 km
Ports and harbors:
Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Airports:
44 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
789 km
narrow gauge:
789 km 1.067-m gauge
total:
28,400 km
paved:
5,254 km
unpaved:
23,146 km (1996 est.)
total:
5
over 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
3 (1999 est.)
total:
39
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
15
under 914 m:
23 (1999 est.)