National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 11
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 175
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 69,294,187
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1,887,295,820 mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
VH (2016)

Airports:
480 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 349
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 11
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 14
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 155
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 155
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 14 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 131
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 101
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 14 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
1 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
condensate/gas 637 km; gas 30,054 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,609 km; oil/gas/water 110 km; refined products 72 km (2013)

Railways:
total: 36,967.5 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge (372 km electrified)
standard gauge: 18,727 km 1.435-m gauge (650 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 14,513.5 km 1.067-m gauge (2,075.5 km electrified) (2014)
country comparison to the world: 7

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

Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling River systems) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 549
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 4, general cargo 83, oil tanker 10, other 452 (2017)
country comparison to the world: 39

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney
dry bulk cargo port(s): Dampier (iron ore), Dalrymple Bay (coal), Hay Point (coal), Port Hedland (iron ore), Port Walcott (iron ore)
container port(s) (TEUs): Brisbane (1,152,000), Melbourne (2,638,000), Sydney (2,330,000)(2015)
LNG terminal(s) (export): Darwin, Karratha, Burrup, Curtis Island