| COUNTRIES | Geographic.org | GEOLOGY | USA STATISTICS | CHINA STATS | COUNTRY CODES | AIRPORTS | RELIGION | JOBS |

Australia Transportation 2009
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/australia/australia_transportation.html
SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
 


. Feedback


Airports:
462 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 322
over 3,047 m: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 144
914 to 1,523 m: 141
under 914 m: 14 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 140
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 107
under 914 m: 14 (2008)

Heliports:
1 (2007)

Pipelines:
gas 27,105 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,258 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 38,550 km
broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified)
dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2006)

Roadways:
total: 812,972 km
paved: 341,448 km
unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)

Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)

Merchant marine:
total: 50
by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 24 (Canada 9, France 1, Germany 2, Japan 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Singapore 1, UK 5, US 2)
registered in other countries: 28 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Belize 1, Bermuda 1, Dominica 2, Fiji 1, Marshall Islands 1, NZ 1, Panama 4, Singapore 12, Tonga 1, US 1, Vanuatu 2) (2008)

Ports and terminals:
Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney


NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia Transportation 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia Transportation 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.



- Please bookmark this page (add it to your favorites).
- If you wish to link to this page, you can do so by referring to the URL address below this line.

http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/australia/australia_transportation.html

This page was last modified 11-Jun-09
Copyright © 1995-2009 ITA all rights reserved.