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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: 36,064 km (2022) 3,448 km electrified

Standard gauge: 18,007 km (2022) 1.435 mm

Narrow gauge: 11,914 km (2022) 1.067 mm

Broad gauge: 2,685 km (2022) 1.600 mm

Other: 35 km (2015)

Roadways

Total: 873,573 km (2015)

Urban: 145,928 km (2015)

Non-urban: 727,645 km (2015)

Merchant Marine

Total: 587 (2022)

By type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 77, oil tanker 6, other 502

Ports and Terminals

Major seaports: Indian Ocean

Container ports TEUs: Melbourne (2,909,288), Sydney (2,761,648) (2021)

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

  • 418 (2021)comparison ranking: total 19

Heliports

  • 1 (2021)

Waterways

  • 2,000 km (2011) (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling River systems)comparison ranking: 44

Airports with Paved Runways

  • 0
    349
  • Civil airports
    29
  • Military airports
    17
  • Joint use civil-military airports
    2
  • Other airports
    301
  • Note
    paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

    131