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: 11,700 km
paved: 1,287 km
unpaved: 10,413 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 800 km; 600 km navigable year round

Ports and harbors Bonthe, Freetown, Pepel

Merchant marine none

Airports 10 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sierra Leone on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sierra Leone Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sierra Leone Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.