• Main international airport: Sir Seretse Khama International, Gaborone (473,794 passengers)
• Merchant fleet, total tonnage: Has no fleet

The transportation network

• Extent of inland waterways navigable by commercial craft: () (None)
• Extent of national paved road network: 5619 km (3491 miles)
• Extent of motorways, freeways or major national highways: () (None)
• Extent of commercial rail network: 888 km (552 miles)

The opening of the trans-Kalahari road to Namibia in 1998 has reduced Botswana's dependence on South African ports. Upgrading existing rail and road networks is a priority.

Botswana has strongly backed a politically and economically stable postapartheid South Africa. Though the headquarters of the SADC are in Gaborone, the potential for South Africa to dominate the community is a concern. Traditionally pro-Western in orientation, Botswana cherishes its relations with the UK and the US.