Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircraft
Item	1985	1990	1995	1999	2000	2001	2002
Number of Civil Aviation Routes	268	437	797	1115	1165	1143	1176
International Routes	27	44	85	128	133	134	161
Domestic Routes	233	385	694	987	1032	1009	1015
Regional Routes	8	8	18	22	42	42	44
Length of Civil Aviation Routes (km)	277217	506762	1128961	1522221	1502887	1553596	1638000
International Routes	105959	166350	348175	523300	508405	516859	574000
Domestic Routes	160323	329493	750794	998921	994482	1036737	1063000
Regional Routes	10935	10919	29992	30812	55759	55759	62000
Number of Civil Airports	82	94	139	142	139	143	141
Airports Serving Boeing 737 or Larger Aircraft	10	47	81	120
Number of Civil Aircraft	404	421	720	795	982	1031	1112
Air Freighter				523	527	566	602
Air Bus				445	462	486	525
Boeing 747	6	11	16	17	19	17
Boeing 737	15	21	115	174	186	198
Boeing 757		9	44	48	48	52
Boeing 767	2	6	17	16	16	17
MD-90				20	22	22
MD-82	5	25	39	29	27	27
Airbus A310	2	2	3	3	3	3
Airbus A320				51	60	63
Tu-154	2	20	33	13	10	4
BAe-146		10	14	14	7	14
Puddle-jumper				65	65	80	77
Y-7	13	45	67	33	22	21
General Aircraft				285	301	296	335
a) The number of civil airports and aircraft in 1985 and 1990 referred 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 .