In 1928 Windhoek’s main street, Kaiser Street (now Independence Avenue), was the first road to be tarred. Ten years later the next one, Gobabis road (now Sam Nujoma Drive), was tarred. Today most of Windhoek’s total road network of over 500 km is tarred.
Windhoek’s three main access roads (from Rehoboth, Gobabis and Okahandja) are tarred according to ‘the all-weather high standard specification’. This means that such a road should be able to withstand the largest possible flood to be expected in fifty years. The road is designed to carry traffic moving at 120 km/h and should last for 20 years.
Namibia has an extensive network of tarred roads, which stretches from the Orange River in the South to the Kunene and Okavango Rivers in the North. These are supplemented by over 25 000 km of gravel, 1200 km dirt, and 283 km salt roads (the latter at the coast
Windhoek has two airports: Eros on its outskirts for smaller craft, and the Windhoek International Airport 42 km east of the city. A number of foreign airlines operate to and from Windhoek. Air charters and helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft rentals are also available.
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