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National Air Transport System

Number of registered air carriers: 25 (2020)

Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 583

Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 75,667,645 (2018)

Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,027,640,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil Aircraft Registration Country Code Prefix

VH

Pipelines

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

Railways

Total: 33,011 km (2015)

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

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

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

Roadways

Total: 873,573 km (2015)

Urban: 145,928 km (2015)

Non-urban: 727,645 km (2015)

Merchant Marine

Total: 581

By type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 76, oil tanker 7, other 496 (2021)

Ports and Terminals

Major seaports: Indian Ocean

Container ports TEUs: Melbourne (2,967,315), Sydney (2,572,714) (2019)

LNG terminals export: Australia Pacific, Barrow Island, Burrup (Pluto), Curtis Island, Darwin, Karratha, Bladin Point (Ichthys), Gladstone, Prelude (offshore FLNG), Wheatstone

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

Transportation Note

Australia operates one PC 3 or 4 class medium icebreaker based in Tasmania in support of operations : PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m); PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm)

Year

Airports

  • total: 418 (2021)

Heliports

  • 1 (2021)

Waterways

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

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 (2021)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    131
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    16
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    101
  • Under 914 m
    14 (2021)