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'''Transportation in Nauru''' includes [[pedestrian]], [[bicycle]], [[automobile]], [[train]], and [[airplane]].
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[[Image:Nauru-phosphatetrain.jpg|thumb|235px|Nauru phosphate train]]
[[Image:Nauru-phosphateship2.jpg|thumb|235px|Phosphate ship for exporting in Nauru harbor]]


== Air ==
[[Nauru]] has one 24 km paved road that circles the island and a dirt track that leads to the [[Nauru Phosphate Corporation]] stockpile and offices. There is one artificial harbour at [[Anibare Bay]]. The island's airport consists of a stretch of road that serves as a runway, and an airline terminal. Air service is provided by [[Our Airline]], formerly Air Nauru. The airline was relaunched in October 2006 after its only plane was impounded in December 2005.
Nauru has one airport, [[Nauru International Airport]], which flies to [[Brisbane, Australia]]; [[Majuro, Marshall Islands]]; [[Nadi, Fiji]]; and [[Tarawa, Kiribati]]. [[Our Airline|Nauru Airlines]] in the only airline to fly in the airport.<ref>http://www.ourairline.com.au/content/about-us/about-us/who-are-we</ref> There are five airplanes in service.<ref>http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/NUR#al_profile_tab_fleet</ref>


== References ==
'''[[Railway]]s:'''
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''total:''
3.9&nbsp;km; used to haul [[phosphate]]s from the center of the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast

'''[[Highway]]s:'''
<br>''total:''
30&nbsp;km
<br>''paved:''
24&nbsp;km
<br>''unpaved:''
6&nbsp;km (1999 est.)

'''[[Harbour]]s:'''
1 [[Anibare Harbour]]

'''[[Merchant marine]]:'''
none (1999 est.)

'''[[Airport]]s:'''
1 ([[Nauru International Airport]])

'''Airports - with paved runways:'''
<br> 1
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1 (Nauru International Airport, [[IATA airport code]] INU)

== See also ==

* [[Air Nauru]]
* [[Nauru Pacific Line]]
* [[Pacific Forum Line]]


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Revision as of 16:17, 14 August 2014

Transportation in Nauru includes pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, train, and airplane.

Air

Nauru has one airport, Nauru International Airport, which flies to Brisbane, Australia; Majuro, Marshall Islands; Nadi, Fiji; and Tarawa, Kiribati. Nauru Airlines in the only airline to fly in the airport.[1] There are five airplanes in service.[2]

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