Transport in Angola

Transport in Angola comprises:

Roads

Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola:

• the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway
• the Beira-Lobito Highway

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  Map of Trans-African Highways.
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  Walking home on EN 105.
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  Donkey-drawn carts.
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  Three-wheeled motorcycles.
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  Trucks.
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  Automobiles in Luanda.
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  New highway (2019).

Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Angola

There are three separate railway lines in Angola:

• Luanda Railway (CFL) (northern);
• Benguela Railway (CFB) (central), operated by the Lobito Atlantic Railway joint venture;
• Moçâmedes Railway (CFM) (southern);

Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and they are now all operational. The Benguela Railway connects to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Waterways

• 1,300 km navigable (2008)

country comparison to the world: 36

Pipelines

• gas 352 km; liquid petroleum gas 85 km; crude oil 1,065 km (2013)

In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a multi-product pipeline from Lobito to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined products to Zambia.

Angola plans to build an oil refinery in Lobito in the coming years.

Ports and harbors

Ship loading minerals at Moçâmedes harbour, Angola

The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Dande, north of Luanda, in Bengo province near Caxito.

Merchant marine

• total: 58

country comparison to the world: 115

• by type: cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 37 (2008)

Airports

• 102 (2021)

Main article: List of airports in Angola

Airports – with paved runways

• total: 30
• over 3,047 m: 5
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
• 914 to 1,523 m: 4
• under 914 m: 1 (2008)

Airports – with unpaved runways

• total: 181 (2008)
• over 3,047 m: 2
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
• 914 to 1,523 m: 100
• under 914 m: 42 (2008)

Angolan Airlines

• TAAG Angola Airlines
• Sonair
• Fly Angola

Heliports

• total: 1 (2021)

International and domestic services are maintained by TAAG Angola Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Cubana, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Delta Air Lines, Royal Air Maroc, Iberia, Hainan Airlines, Kenya Airways, South African Airways, TAP Air Portugal and several regional carriers. There are airstrips at Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo, Moçâmedes, and Catumbela.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. 2003. (Archived 2003 edition.)