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Transportation

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Last updated: October 29, 2026

Sections in Transportation
  1. Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
  2. Airports
  3. Heliports
  4. Railways
  5. Merchant marine
  6. Ports

Transportation

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:153

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Source note [153]

Airports:154

2,257 (2025)
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Reference period: 2025.

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Source note [154]

Heliports:155

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Reference period: 2025.

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Source note [155]

Railways:156

total:32,606 km (2022) 3,448 km electrified
standard gauge:18,007 km (2022) 1.435 mm
narrow gauge:11,914 km (2022) 1.067 mm
broad gauge:2,685 km (2022) 1.600 mm
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Source note [156]

Merchant marine:157

total:604 (2023)
by type:bulk carrier 2, general cargo 76, oil tanker 6, other 520
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Source note [157]

Ports:158

total ports:66 (2024)
large:5
medium:8
small:24
very small:29
ports with oil terminals:38
key ports:Brisbane, Dampier, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Dalrymple, Port Kembla, Port Lincoln, Sydney
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Source note [158]

Historical observations

Notes & sources

  1. Civil aircraft registration country code prefix. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  2. Airports. Reference edition; observation: 2025. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  3. Heliports. Reference edition; observation: 2025. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  4. Railways. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  5. Merchant marine. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  6. Ports. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
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