AUSTRALIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

Overview of Australia

Australian Transportation

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Airports with paved runways (2010)	total over 3,047 m 2,438 to 3,047 m 1,524 to 2,437 m 914 to 1,523 m under 914 m	326 11 13 148 140 14
Airports with unpaved runways (2010)	total 1,524 to 2,437 m 914 to 1,523 m under 914 m	139 17 110 12
Heliports (2010)	1
Railways	total broad gauge standard gauge narrow gauge dual gauge	38,445 km (2010) 3,355 km 1.600-m gauge (2010) 21,674 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified) (2010) 9,539 km 1.067-m gauge (2,067 km electrified) (2010) 230 km dual gauge  (2006)
Roadways  (2004)	total paved unpaved	812,972 km 341,448 km 471,524 km
Ports and terminals	Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
Waterways (2006)	2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems)
Merchant marine (2010)	total	45 ships
	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)
Pipelines	condensate / gas gas liquid petroleum gas oil oil / gas / water	469 km (2007) 27,900 km (2010) 240 km (2010) 3,257 km (2010) 110 km (2007)

Updated August 2011. You may notice that we show information from a variety of dates. We are unable to find the same type of information for more recent dates than what we show here. The information provided above is for entertainment purposes only. For more information, please visit any of the Australian government websites and the CIA World Fact Book