1. Railways

2. Waterways

3. Pipelines

4. Ports and harbors

5. Merchant marine

6. Airports
     Airports - with paved runways    Airports - with unpaved runways    Angolan Airlines    History  

7. References

Transport in Angola comprises:

Railways

There are three separate railway lines in Angola:

• Luanda Railway (CFL) (northern)
• Benguela Railway (CFB) (central)
• Moçâmedes Railway (CFM) (southern)

Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and is expected to be completed by the end of the year 2012. The Benguela Railway already connects to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Waterways

• 1,300 km navigable (2008)

country comparison to the world: 36

Pipelines

• gas, 2 km; crude oil 87 km (2008)

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

Merchant marine

• total: 6

country comparison to the world: 128

• by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
• foreign owned: 1 (Spain)
• registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas) (2008)

Airports

• 211 (2008)

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

History

Angola had an estimated total of 43 airports as of 2004, of which 31 had paved runways as of 2005. There is an international airport at Luanda. International and domestic services are maintained by TAAG Angola Airlines, Aeroflot, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Air Namibia, 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. In 2003, domestic and international carriers carried 198,000 passengers. There are airstrips for domestic transport at Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo, Moçâmedes, and Catumbela.

References

• Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock
• Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• Great Adzhalyk Estuary
• Great African Rift
• Great African War
• Great Alligator River
• Great alveolar cells
• Great America (Amtrak station)
• GreatAmerica Financial Services
• GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation
• Great america light rail station
• Great American Bagel Bakery
• Great American Beast
• Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee
• Great American City
• Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect
• Great American Cookie Company
• Great American Cowboy (Sons of the San Joaquin album)
• Great American Faunal Interchange
• Great American Gingerbread
• Great American Gingerbread: Rasputina Rarities & Neglected Items
• Great American Gymnastics Express
• Great American Hall of Wonders
• Great American interchange
• Great American Lakes