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Transportation of Austria

Airports:55 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 25
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 15 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 30
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 26 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 2,722 km; oil 663 km; refined products 149 km (2006)
Railways:total: 6,383 km
standard gauge: 5,924 km 1.435-m gauge (3,772 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 371 km 1.000-m gauge; 88 km 0.760-m gauge (25 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 133,718 km
paved: 133,718 km (includes 1,677 km of expressways) (2003)
Waterways:358 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 8 ships (1000 GRT or over) 34,072 GRT/44,437 DWT
by type: cargo 6, container 2
foreign-owned: 2 (Netherlands 2)
registered in other countries: 14 (Liberia 13, Malta 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna

Austria Quickstats

  • Population: 8,199,783 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 83,870 sq km
  • Density: 99 /km² (99th)
  • GDP (total): $279.5 billion (34th)
  • GDP (per capita): $35,500 (8th)
  • Literacy: 98%

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  • Currency: euro (€) ² (EUR)
  • Dial code: +43

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