Editing Transport on Saint Helena (section)

== Ascension ==

=== Road traffic ===
On [[Ascension Island|Ascension]] there is a road network of {{convert|40|km|mi}}, which is continuously paved.<ref name="ciafact15" /> The public bus transport network has four stops (as of 2014).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Weekend-bus-service-from-3-January-2014.pdf |title = Weekend Bus Service |publisher = Ascension Island Government |date = January 2014 |access-date = 27 August 2018 |archive-date = 2 August 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140802160420/http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Weekend-bus-service-from-3-January-2014.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== Shipping ===
[[Ascension Island|Ascension]] has a feeder in the island's capital [[Georgetown, Ascension Island|Georgetown]]. The port was modernized in 2011 with a new crane, among other things.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Public-Notice-Crane.pdf |title = New Harbour Crane for Ascension Island |publisher = Ascension Island Government |access-date = 15 March 2011 |archive-date = 1 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160201081703/http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Public-Notice-Crane.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== Air traffic ===
[[File:Ascension Island, Wideawake Airfield (1).JPG|thumb|201x201px|Wideawake airfield, Ascension]]
With [[RAF Ascension Island|Wideawake Airfield]], [[Ascension Island|Ascension]] has had an airport since 1943. It is primarily used for military purposes, but is also served by monthly scheduled services from [[Saint Helena]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ascension.gov.ac/travel-and-shipping/travel-by-air/ |title=Travel by Air – Ascension Island Government |website=www.ascension.gov.ac |access-date=9 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ascension.gov.ac/further-st-helena-charter-flights-confirmed |title=Further St Helena Charter Flights Confirmed – Ascension Island Government |website=www.ascension.gov.ac |access-date=9 August 2020}}</ref>