South Sudan

== Transport ==
{{Main|Transport in South Sudan}}

Road transport is the most common and cheapest means of transport used in the country.

The Nile River provides the major water transport in South Sudan. The White Nile is a navigable [[waterway]] from the [[Lake Albert (Africa)]] to [[Khartoum]] through [[Jebel Aulia Dam]]. Between [[Juba]] and [[Uganda]], the river requires a channel to make it navigable. During part of the year the rivers are navigable up to [[Gambela, Ethiopia]], and [[Wau, South Sudan]].[[File:Train Sudan towards Wau.jpg|thumb|Passengers atop a train travelling towards [[Wau, South Sudan|Wau]]]]
[[File:SPAF Mi17 helicopters at Juba Airport January 2011.jpg|thumb|Two [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopters at [[Juba Airport]]]]

=== Railway ===
{{Main|Rail transport in South Sudan}}
South Sudan has {{convert|248|km|abbr=on}} of single-track {{RailGauge|3ft6in|lk=on|first=met}} gauge railway line from the Sudanese border to [[Wau, South Sudan|Wau]] terminus. There are proposed extensions from Wau to [[Juba]]. There are also plans to link Juba with the [[Rail transport in Kenya|Kenyan]] and [[Rail transport in Uganda|Ugandan]] railway networks.

=== Air ===
{{Main|List of airports in South Sudan}}

The busiest and most developed airport in South Sudan is [[Juba Airport]], which has regular international connections to [[Asmara International Airport|Asmara]], [[Entebbe International Airport|Entebbe]], [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi]], [[Cairo International Airport|Cairo]], [[Bole International Airport|Addis Ababa]], and [[Khartoum International Airport|Khartoum]]. Juba Airport was also the home base of [[Feeder Airlines Company]] and [[Southern Star Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18710&catid=74&Itemid=30|title=South Sudan gets new airline|publisher=Defenceweb.co.za|date=6 September 2011|access-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013753/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18710&catid=74&Itemid=30|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other international airports include [[Malakal Airport|Malakal]], with international flights to Addis Ababa and Khartoum; [[Wau Airport|Wau]], with weekly service to Khartoum; and [[Rumbek Airport|Rumbek]], also with weekly flights to Khartoum. Southern Sudan Airlines also serves [[Nimule Airport|Nimule]] and [[Akobo Airport|Akobo]], which have unpaved runways. Several smaller airports exist throughout South Sudan, the majority consisting of little more than dirt runways.

On 4 April 2012, plans were unveiled to launch a South Sudanese national airline, primarily for domestic service at first but eventually expanding to international service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goss-online.org/magnoliaPublic/en/news.html#South%20Sudan%20set%20have%20own%20national%20air%20carrier|title=South Sudan set to have own national air carrier|publisher=goss-online.org|date=1 May 2013|access-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://swap.stanford.edu/20110922121702/http://www.goss-online.org/magnoliaPublic/en/news.html#South%20Sudan%20set%20have%20own%20national%20air%20carrier|archive-date=22 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>