Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
@Niger:Transportation
Railroads: 0 km
Highways: total: 39,970 km paved: bituminous 3,170 km unpaved: gravel, laterite 10,330 km; earth 3,470 km; tracks 23,000 km
Inland waterways: Niger River is navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March
Ports: none
Airports:
total: 29
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 16
@Niger:Communications
Telephone system: 14,260 telephones; small system of wire,
radiocommunications, and radio relay links concentrated in
southwestern area
local: NA
intercity: wire, radiocommunications, and radio relay; 3 domestic
satellite links, with 1 planned
international: 2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) earth
stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 5, shortwave 0
radios: NA