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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 25 (2018)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 583 (2018)

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 69,294,187 (2018)

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,887,295,820 mt-km (2018)

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

VH (2016);

Pipelines

637 km condensate/gas, 30054 km gas, 240 km liquid petroleum gas, 3609 km oil, 110 km oil/gas/water, 72 km refined products (2013);

Railways

Total: 33,343 km (2015)

Standard gauge: 17,446 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified) (2015)

Narrow gauge: 12,318 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2015)

Broad gauge: 3,247 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified) (2015)

Country comparison to the world: 8

Roadways

Total: 873,573 km (2015)

Urban: 145,928 km (2015)

Non-urban: 727,645 km (2015)

Country comparison to the world: 9

Merchant Marine

Total: 549 (2017)

By type: bulk carrier 4, general cargo 83, oil tanker 10, other 452 (2017)

Country comparison to the world: 39

Ports and Terminals

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

Container port(s) (TEUs): Melbourne (2,640,000), Sydney (2,363,780) (2016)

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

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

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

Airports with Unpaved Runways

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