Australia Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

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 mt-km (2018)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

VH

Airports

total: 418 (2020)

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)

Heliports

1 (2013)

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)

Roadways

total: 873,573 km (2015)

urban: 145,928 km (2015)

non-urban: 727,645 km (2015)

Waterways

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

Merchant marine

total: 581

by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 78, oil tanker 6, other 494 (2020)

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 (2,806,436), Sydney (2,530,122) (2017)

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

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

NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.