Railways:
total: 84 km used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed
narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways:
total: 11,300 km
paved: 904 km
unpaved: 10,396 km (1997)

Waterways: 800 km (of which 600 km navigable year round)

Ports and harbors: Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,057 GRT/3,498 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.)

Airports: 11 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 3 (2000 est.)

Heliports: 1 (2000 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sierra Leone on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone Transportation 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone Transportation 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.