| COUNTRIES | GEOGRAPHIC NAMES | GEOLOGY | USA STATS | CHINA STATS | COUNTRY CODES | AIRPORTS | RELIGION | JOBS |

Australia Transportation 2013
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/australia/australia_transportation.html
SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES Spanish Simplified Chinese French German Russian Hindi Arabic Portuguese


Page last updated on February 14, 2013

Airports:
467 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 333
[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: 146
914 to 1,523 m: 149
under 914 m: 14 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 134
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 101
under 914 m: 14 (2012)

Heliports:
1 (2012)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 27,900 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,257 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2010)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 38,445 km
country comparison to the world: 7
broad gauge: 3,355 km 1.600-m gauge
standard gauge: 21,674 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 9,539 km 1.067-m gauge (2,067 km electrified); 3,877 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 823,217 km
country comparison to the world: 9
paved: 356,343 km
unpaved: 466,874 km (2011)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 41
country comparison to the world: 75
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 7, liquefied gas 4, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 17 (Canada 5, Germany 2, Singapore 2, South Africa 1, UK 5, US 2)
registered in other countries: 25 (Bahamas 1, Dominica 1, Fiji 2, Liberia 1, Netherlands 1, Panama 4, Singapore 12, Tonga 1, UK 1, US 1) (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 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia Transportation 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia Transportation 2013 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-Mar-13
Copyright © 1995-2013 ITA all rights reserved.

    . Feedback