15-35 NUMBER OF CIVIL AVIATION ROUTES AND CIVIL AIRCRAFT

Item

1985

1990

1995

1997

1998

Number of Civil Aviation Routes

268

437

797

967

1122

International Routes

27

44

85

109

131

Regional Routes

8

8

18

7

8

Domestic Routes

233

385

694

851

983

Length of Civil Aviation Routes (km)

277217

506762

1128961

1424951

1505811

International Routes

105959

166350

348175

504449

504429

Regional Routes

10935

10919

29992

9575

7252

Domestic Routes

160323

329493

750794

910927

994130

Number of Civil Airports

82

94

139

141

143

Airports Serving Boeing 737 or Larger Aircraft

10

47

81

106

106

Number of Civil Aircraft

404

421

720

770

801

Boeing 747

6

11

16

18

20

Boeing 737

15

21

115

141

161

Boeing 707

10

9

1

1

 

Boeing 767

2

6

17

17

15

MD-82

5

25

39

39

39

Airbus A310

2

2

3

3

3

Tupolov 154

2

20

33

32

25

Boeing 757

 

9

44

46

48

B-146

 

10

14

14

14

Antonov 12

2

2

1

1

 

Antonov 24

28

23

5

2

2

Yun 7

13

45

67

58

46

Short 360

7

7

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)Since 1997, aviation 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.