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Africa > Swaziland > Transportation

SWAZI TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 148 million tons/km ... [148th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 137 ... [137th of 164]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 137 ... [137th of 164]
Aircraft departures 130 [130th of 155]
Airports 139 [139th of 231]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 140 [140th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 196 [196th of 227]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 101 [101st of 169]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 122 [122nd of 193]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 111 [111st of 179]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Rail lines > total route-km 104 km ... [104th of 111]
Railways > A note
includes 71 km which are not in use (2001)
Railways > Narrow gauge
301 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)
Railways > Total 123 km [123rd of 134]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 28 million ton-km ... [28th of 84]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 96 % ... [96th of 163]
Roadways > Paved 151 km [151st of 205]
Roadways > Total 157 km [157th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 127 km [127th of 175]

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SOURCES: Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.; Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.; Registered carrier departures worldwide are domestic takeoffs and takeoffs abroad of air carriers registered in the country.; Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. ; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway ; Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway ; About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa.; Rail lines are the length of railway route available for train service, irrespective of the number of parallel tracks.; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. ; Goods transported by railway are the volume of goods transported by railway, measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.; Paved roads are those surfaced with crushed stone (macadam) and hydrocarbon binder or bituminized agents, with concrete, or with cobblestones, as a percentage of all the country's roads, measured in length.; This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

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