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Australia Transportation 2011
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SOURCE: 2011 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


















Australia Transportation 2011
SOURCE: 2011 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on January 12, 2011

Airports:
465 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 326
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 148
914 to 1,523 m: 140
under 914 m: 14 (2010)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 139
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 110
under 914 m: 12 (2010)

Heliports:
1 (2010)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 27,105 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,258 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2009)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 37,855 km
country comparison to the world: 7
broad gauge: 142 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 24,409 km 1.435-m gauge (1,094 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 13,304 km 1.067-m gauge (1,193 km electrified) (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 812,1000 km
country comparison to the world: 9
paved: 341,448 km
unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)
country comparison to the world: 45
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 45
country comparison to the world: 74
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 8, liquefied gas 4, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 20 (Canada 7, Germany 2, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Singapore 2, UK 5, US 2)
registered in other countries: 29 (Dominica 1, Fiji 2, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 1, Netherlands 1, NZ 1, Panama 5, Singapore 11, Tonga 1, UK 1, US 1, Vanuatu 2) (2010)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
Brisbane, Cairns, Dampier, Darwin, Fremantle, Gladstone, Geelong, Hay Point, Hobart, Jervis Bay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Dalrymple, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Lincoln, Port Walcott, Sydney


NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2011 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia Transportation 2011 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia Transportation 2011 should be addressed to the CIA.






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