Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1985

1990

1995

1998

1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Civil Aviation Routes

268

437

797

1122

1115

International Routes

27

44

85

131

128

Domestic Routes

233

385

694

983

987

Regional Routes

8

8

18

8

22

Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km)

277217

506762

1128961

1505811

1522221

International Routes

105959

166350

348175

504429

523300

Domestic Routes

160323

329493

750794

994130

998921

Regional Routes

10935

10919

29992

7252

30812

Number of Civil Airports

82

94

139

143

142

Airports Serving Boeing 737 or Larger

10

47

81

106

120

Aircraft

        

        

        

         

 

Number of Civil Aircraft

404

421

720

801

795

Aerotransport

 

 

 

510

523

Air bus

 

 

 

443

445

Boeing 747

6

11

16

20

17

Boeing 737

15

21

115

161

174

Boeing 757

        

9

44

48

48

Boeing 767

2

6

17

15

16

MD-90

 

 

 

 

20

MD-82

5

25

39

39

29

Airbus A310

2

2

3

3

3

Airbus A320

 

 

 

 

51

Tu-154

2

20

33

25

13

BAe-146

        

10

14

14

14

Puddle-jumper

 

 

 

80

65

Y-7

13

45

67

46

33

General Aircraft

 

 

 

278

285

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) The number of civil airports and aircraft in 1985 and 1990 refers to those owned by enterprises directly under CAAC. Since then, it refers to those owned by all enterprises of civil aviation. The same as in the following table.

b) Before 1997,  regional  routes  includes the routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and are taken as the parataxis item as the item of domestic routes and international routes. Since 1997, regional routes to and from Hong Kong are taken as domestic routes, and adjustment are also made on the length of aviation routes and traffic volume accordingly. Since 1999, regional routes are taken as a part of domestic routes, and include the aviation