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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 11

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 175

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 69,294,187

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,887,295,820 mt-km (2015)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

VH (2016)

Pipelines

Condensate/gas 637 km; gas 30,054 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,609 km; oil/gas/water 110 km; refined products 72 km (2013)

Railways

Total: 36,967.5 km

Broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified)

Standard gauge: 18,727 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified)

Narrow gauge: 14,513.5 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2014)

Country comparison to the world: 7

Roadways

Total: 823,217 km

Paved: 356,343 km

Unpaved: 466,874 km (2011)

Country comparison to the world: 9

Merchant Marine

Total: 41

By type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 7, liquefied gas 4, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 5

Foreign-owned: 17 (Canada 5, Germany 2, Singapore 2, South Africa 1, UK 5, US 2)

Registered in other countries: 25 (Bahamas 1, Dominica 1, Fiji 2, Liberia 1, Netherlands 1, Panama 4, Singapore 12, Tonga 1, UK 1, US 1) (2010)

Country comparison to the world: 77

Ports and Terminals

Major seaport(s): Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney

Dry bulk cargo port(s): Dampier (iron ore), Dalrymple Bay (coal), Hay Point (coal), Port Hedland (iron ore), Port Walcott (iron ore)

Container port(s) (TEUs): Brisbane (1,152,000), Melbourne (2,638,000), Sydney (2,330,000)(2015)

LNG terminal(s) (export): Darwin, Karratha, Burrup, Curtis Island

Year

Airports

  • 480 (2013)

Heliports

  • 1 (2013)

Waterways

  • 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling River systems) (2011)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    349
  • Over 3,047 m
    11
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    14
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    155
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    155
  • Under 914 m
    14 (2017)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    131
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    16
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    101
  • Under 914 m
    14 (2013)