Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Ghana? Ghana has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 1,293 km (2011) (168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is 9G
Transportation in Ghana
| Number of Airports | 11 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 7 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 681.3 km gas, 11.4 km oil, 435 km refined products (2022) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 947 km (2022) |
| Narrow gauge | 947 km (2022) 1.067-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 65,725 km |
| Paved | 14,948 km |
| Unpaved | 50,777 km (2021) |
| Urban | 28,480 km 27% total paved 73% total unpaved |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 3 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 21 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 467,438 (2018) |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 52 (2023) |
| By type | general cargo 8, oil tanker 3, other 41 |
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