Transport in Angola


Transport in Angola comprises:

Roads

Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola:

Railways

There are three separate railway lines in Angola:
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

Pipelines

In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding 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

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

Merchant marine

total: 58by type: cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 37

Airports

  • 102
The old airport in Luanda, Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, will be replaced by the new Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport.

Airports – with paved runways

total: 30over 3,047 m: 52,438 to 3,047 m: 81,524 to 2,437 m: 12914 to 1,523 m: 4under 914 m: 1

Airports – with unpaved runways

total: 181 over 3,047 m: 22,438 to 3,047 m: 51,524 to 2,437 m: 32914 to 1,523 m: 100under 914 m: 42

Angolan Airlines

Heliports

total: 1